DVP 642/37 and MP4 Recodes: How?

[ntngod]

To access all the advanced options, from the first screen, click the MORE>> button in the bottom left of the screen.

On the bottom right, a 'Nero Digital profile' section should appear.
Choose 'MAXIMUM DEFINITION' from the dropdown list; that should give you unrestricted access to all the options in the final Nero Digital Options screen.

'Half-pixel' is what you want; 'Quarter-pixel' is the other option - QPEL - and that's what you want to avoid.


One other final thing you may want to try to get things working; after encoding - and after extracting the video stream to an AVI - use the 4CC changer that comes with XviD. Nero Digital by default uses a NDIG 4CC, and sometimes changing that to a DIVX 4CC helps compatibilty.

[Jefros]

I gotta say I love the philips dvp642. I have had great luck making MP4s using the FairUse program and Virtual dub. I use a bitrate of around 900 to 1200 for video and 128kb MP3 audio. The fun part is you can burn hours and hours of MP4s on a DVD-r or DVD+r and the player will play them...same with MP3s on a DVD-r too. On a 40 inch non HDTV the picture is more pleasing than I ever expected. Even plays avi files I downloaded years ago....really, it plays just about everything I've tried.

[CobraPilot]

Thanks to all those who've provided feedback!

For a good overview of some of the realities of using Nero Recode 2 to make MP4's, and Nero's plans for the near future, go to

www.pcworld.com

and search on "nero digital" for the article.

It looks like Nero's planning to become a de facto MP4 standard-setter.

Maybe Philips will issue a firmware upgrade to match Nero's plans!

[junkmalle]

It looks like Nero's planning to become a de facto MP4 standard-setter.

Isn't it great to have so many MPEG 4 standards to choose from? Divx's, Microsoft's, Apple's, Nero's, On2's...

[catdaddio6]

when i try to use nero recode to make an mp4,it always fails as soon as i start the encode

[jman98]

I hate to post to an old thread that should have been left alone, but ...
Go to http://www.doom9.net and go to Guides and then select Divx. Read what they say about Nero's codec. Nobody supports Nero's codec outside of PCs. I am HIGHLY skeptical that future DVD players will support it.
AAC is NOT supported on any standalone DVD players at this time. One of the problems we have here is that I think CobraPilot and maybe others are confusing things. AAC is MPEG-4 audio, yes, but when people talk about MPEG-4, they mean the video codecs like DivX, Xvid, Nero's codec, etc. Maybe in the future AAC will become the standard for audio on standalone DVD players that support MPEG-4 video, but that is NOT the case now. I think I read on Doom9's web page that a new decoder chip just came out for standalone DVD players that will support Nero's codec along with Divx, but those machines are not available at this time and who knows if it will take off? The bottom line is - if you encode something with Nero's MPEG-4 codec today, you CANNOT play it on any standalone DVD player.

[junkmalle]

Nero's MP4 codec is almost certainly licensed from Apple. It's not the codec that's a problem, it's the the container (AVI, MP4, MOV). They all have the same data inside it's just the layout of the packaging.

[catdaddio6]

all that is covered in this topic already

[GeoFan49]

Any updates for this thread since the new firmware came out ???