hrhdtv xvid

[Grumpy_one]

I have this hrhdtv xvid avi file that plays great on windows media player. I have a Yamaha DVS5750 which is a divx certified player. It plays any divx/xvid I have thrown at it until now. Now I have this high resolution hdtv avi file that plays the 5.1 DD just fine, but no video. Can I convert this to a avi file that will play on my divx player? Plays great on the pc, now I just want it to play on my standalone divx player. Thanks. Here is a screen shot of avicodec of the file:

[Hyper Shinchan]

I think that the only way is to reencode the avi, this resolution is too high for a DVD player (all the DVD players are DivX Home Theater Certified, and the max resolution is 720x576, there are very few HD player at the moment).
Reencode the video with Virtualdub and make direct stream copy for the audio track. For the video you should use XivD (or DivX) at 720x480(576). You must also keep in mind that there are very few players that can decode MPEG-4 with features like QPel and GMC, but I don't know the specs of your player.

[Grumpy_one]

I tried 720 x 596 using divx 5.21 codec. The output really sucked. The original is in 16x9 format. The output was squished. I'll play around some more.

[BJ_M]

it is called anamorphic - it is supposed to be squashed ...


if you resize this properly - it will maybe look alright - as the original bit rate was not to bad .. encode it 2 pass xvid

or just make a normal dvd - and encode it to mpeg2 and author it

[Grumpy_one]

What I mean my squished, it took the 16x9 and made it 4:3. Instead of just chopping off the ends, it squeezed it. Now it looks like all the faces have been on crack. The quality really sucks too. If it were just one file I was working with I would spend the time to turn into a dvd. This is one of 24, 41 minute avi's. See where I'm going with this? I have come to the conclusion that I need a hd dvd divx player. I just spent 129.00 on a divx/dvd player that matches the rest of my components. I'm not going to spend another 300.00 on a "hd" divx player or spend countless hours converting "hr" hdtv files into something that will work. Thanks for your help. BTW, I'm a big fan of "anamorphic" or widescreen. All my movies are anamorphic by choice. But when it takes the widescreen aspect and "squeeze's" it to make a 4:3 aspect ratio, that's unacceptable. Again, thanks for the help, I'll just stick to getting files that are not "hr", but sure do like the 5.1, that part is sweet. One other note, maybe I should have used the term "skewed" instead of squeezed. Sorry about the confusion.

[BJ_M]

19:9 anamorphic is squished to 4:3 -- please see definition and such ....

and check out 'pixel aspect ratio' and 'picture aspect ratio' also

[Grumpy_one]

Kinda sorta. When an anamorphic dvd movie is viewed in a 4:3 format, it includes black bars. There are no black bars in the end result here. I know what you are saying, and you are right. But in this instance, I'm not getting black bars to keep the original 16x9 aspect in my 4:3 environment. If Virtualdub could do that, I would be impressed. Maybe it can, I'm not familiar enough with it. Maybe there is a codec out there that can do that. I've included a snapshot of the output source and one of the original source side by side. This is what I'm trying to avoid. Thanks

[celtic_druid]

DivX HT profiles also only suppot 1:1 PAR. Worth a try though as some players do support it anyway. Mine does and it isn't DivX certified, which has nothing to do with XviD playback really. In fact I wouldn't see it as a selling point since the profiles exclude so much.

[BJ_M]

xvid can support different pixel and picture ratios - but i doubt that many players do it - play it back correctly ..

you will have to add the borders yourself then - Un-anamorpic it .. which also of course reduces quality