How can I watch DivX on TV?

[Sean_ve99]

Can any body help me? My question is about DivX, after we convert DVAVI or DVD-video to DivX, how could we watch DivX on TV with standalone DVD player?
Thanks

[Bjs]

Which player ?

It must support the playback of such type's .

[mats.hogberg]

With a player that supports AVI/DivX

after we convert DVAVI or DVD-video to DivX, how could we watch DivX on TV

But why on earth, if you have a DVD, not play the DVD?

/Mats

[Sean_ve99]

My problem isn’t about kind of playback, consider any playback that support DivX,
I don’t know how I should burn DivX on CD or DVD? Do I burn it as data CD/DVD or Video CD/DVD?

[jagabo]

Just burn them as data files on CD or DVD (some players may not like one or the other). If you use Nero Burning ROM, use the DVD-ROM (ISO), or CD-ROM (ISO) templates.

[Sean_ve99]

I have Nero too, so I should write it as data? Does it most common way for writing DivX on CD/DVD? I thought people converted DV AVI or DVD-Video to DivX and decrease capacity of files and if they wanted to watch it by DVD players, they burned it as DVD-Video again and their main reason was decreasing of file capacity.
So if you burn it as data CD then you can't put menu or chapter for it, right?

[dlflannery]

I have Nero too, so I should write it as data? Does it most common way for writing DivX on CD/DVD? I thought people converted DV AVI or DVD-Video to DivX and decrease capacity of files and if they wanted to watch it by DVD players, they burned it as DVD-Video again and their main reason was decreasing of file capacity.
So if you burn it as data CD then you can't put menu or chapter for it, right?

The DivX media (container) format can contain menus and chapters and mutliple titles. Check out DivxMediaBuilder (free) and DivX Author ($40). I have used DivXMediaBuilder and it is great. I haven't used the other program but I understand one disadvantage is it will re-encode source videos that are already DivX encodings.

[guns1inger]

You can only play Divx files with menus, and have the menus work, in Divx Ultra certified players, or with the Divx player on your PC. Standard divx/xvid capable players will ignore the menu data in the file and just play the movie.

Only an idiot would convert their DVDs to Divx, then convert the Divx file back to DVD. The quality loss for this process is substantial.

[lbjohnson]

I HAVE A LITE ON HOME DVD RECORDER (MODEL#DD-A100GX) THAT WILL PLAY BACK DVIX MOVIES JUST FINE. I HAVE PLAYED BACK ABOUT 4 OF THEM ON THIS MACHINE SO FAR. IT WILL ALSO LET YOU RECORD YOUR MOVIES ON DUAL LAYERS DISCS ALSO. I BOUGHT IT AT BEST BUY. PRICE RANGE IS ABOUT $79.00 TO $99.00.

[guns1inger]

lbjohnson - please get your keyboard fixed. Using all capitals is considered shouting and is very rude. You have several responses like this, so I can only assume your keyboard is the problem.

[Sean_ve99]

Guns1inger, you said nobody convert DVD to DivX and then convert to DVD-video for decreasing capacity because loss of quality is substantial, so WHY do people convert DVD to DivX? What is their main reason while they could watch their DVD?

[mats.hogberg]

WHY do people convert DVD to DivX?

For distributing the video over "low bandwidth" connections like Internet, or for playback on devices that don't support Video DVD. If you have the DVD, why would you convert it to DivX, then back to DVD again? There's only quality loss down that road. Nothing else.

/Mats