What is DivX Plus HD?

[rocky12]

1. What is DivX Plus HD? Is it a player?

2. Does it require HD TV?

3. Can Nero 6x burn H.264/MKV?

4. Can I use DVD+R for the burn?

5. Philips DVP3140 can't play MKV/H.264?

[guns1inger]

1. What is DivX Plus HD? Is it a player?

It is just Divx's wanky way of saying HD resolution video encoded using H.264 in an MKV container. It is a file format. Interestingly, while Divx talk about certified Divx HD playback devices, it does not talk about HD Plus.

2. Does it require HD TV?

That depends on the device. Some televisions are certified and will playback Divx HD files directly from memory cards or USB HDDs. if you have a certified player than has s-video or component output then you could connect it to a standard TV. Of course image will be downscaled to SD resolution, so don't get HD quality.

3. Can Nero 6x burn H.264/MKV?

Don't understand the question. if you mean can Nero burn files as data, then the answer is yes. But Imgurn is smaller, smarter and far better.

4. Can I use DVD+R for the burn?

If you have a player that reads DVDs then yes. They are just data files after all.

5. Philips DVP3140 can't play MKV/H.264?

No. It is a standard definition player capable of playing back standard definition (720 pixels wide or less) Divx encoded video. It cannot playback H.264 encodec files or mkv files.

[rocky12]

Thank you for the info. So if I burn MKV as data they will playback??

[jagabo]

Interestingly, while Divx talk about certified Divx HD playback devices, it does not talk about HD Plus.

Actually, they do have a HD Plus certification catagory:
http://www.divx.com/en/partner/certified-programs/program-details

[jman98]

Thank you for the info. So if I burn MKV as data they will playback??

Not on the Philips player you mentioned. Again, note that your player
1) does NOT play H.264 files
2) does NOT play MKV files
3) Divx HD plus is H.264 in MKV, therefore it will NOT play on the Philips player because of #1 and #2.

[jagabo]

The Philips DVP3140 also doesn't play anything over 720x576.

[rocky12]

I am encoding H.264 4:3 at 640x480, and 16:9 at 640x352. Is that the right waay?

[mh2360]

I am encoding H.264 4:3 at 640x480, and 16:9 at 640x352. Is that the right waay?

No, according to Philips' site, your player supports the following video formats:

Compression formats.... MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, DivX 6.0

You would need to use either "standard" DivX or XviD in an AVI container with either AC3 or MP3 audio, The horizontal resolution would probably have to be 720 or less.

H.264 is out of the question.

[jman98]

I am encoding H.264 4:3 at 640x480, and 16:9 at 640x352. Is that the right waay?

Further responses are pointless because you are either too stupid to understand that "no means no" or you are just deliberately wasting our time by being a troll and pretending to not understand.

[rocky12]

I will just play the H.264 on my PC. What should the wedith height be for a H.264 4:3 ad 116:9?

[jagabo]

I will just play the H.264 on my PC. What should the wedith height be for a H.264 4:3 ad 116:9?

Use whatever width you want. Sticking with mod16 is best for h.264. If you're converting from DVDs you can also use h.264's aspect ratio flag and retain the origal DVD resolution.

[rocky12]

I will just play the H.264 on my PC. What should the wedith height be for a H.264 4:3 ad 116:9?

Use whatever width you want. Sticking with mod16 is best for h.264. If you're converting from DVDs you can also use h.264's aspect ratio flag and retain the origal DVD resolution.

jagabo,

If I encode a movie from 640 or 720 or whatever to 1920x1080. 1.) How would that work it out? I want to see how it looks on PC. 2.) Since it's a high resolution. Does the bitrate have to be high? I have 149.1GB HDD.

[yoda313]

If I encode a movie from 640 or 720 or whatever to 1920x1080. 1.) How would that work it out?

There is absolutely no reason to do that. You can't magically make standard definition into "high definition" by simply resizing it.

IF you are playing from a pc to a hdtv that is all you need to do. It will be "upscaled" accordingly. There is no need to waste time converting to a high def resolution. It will do nothing - in fact it will most likely make the video worse by stretching it (probably the wrong term but needless to say you are not increasing the bitrate or natural resolution by manually manipulating it, it just won't do what you are expecting it to do).

You're only real choice is to live with the original sd source and let your tv and/or video card do the upscaling automatically - OR locate a true hd source of the material. If none exists yet or if it is home made material you are out of luck and will need to rely on upscaling alone. Unless you want to get into professional video production equipment to somehow resize it with pro equipment at ridiculous prices and time consuming conversion processes - with no real gaurantee of any real gains - and if its copyrighted material you won't be able to take it to a store/shop to have it done - they won't do that.

[zoobie]

actually, I think I read somewhere that resizing to that triggers the HD quality at youtoob...perhaps that's the agenda

seems the majority here is bootlegged/copywritten/nicked...

[edDV]

Faking HD for YouTube?

[jagabo]

Faking HD for YouTube?

I suppose that's one good argument for upscaling.

[porfitron]

1. What is DivX Plus HD? Is it a player?

There's lots more info around DivX Plus HD now that chips are getting certified and hardware players are probably just around the corner.

There's an entry in the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX_Plus_HD
So it's HD H.264 video with AAC surround audio in .mkv, with other DivX-enabled features...

There's a DivX Developer Portal with the format specification:
http://developer.divx.com/docs/divx_plus_hd/

And if you want to make DivX Plus HD files, you can use DivX Converter, or more recently, StaxRip via x264 (free):
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1346210#post1346210

Hope this info helps.