Help/Advice Converting .AVI Divx Files To ...

[MourningStar]

... other format that would best preserve original quality. My dilema : I now have a new blu-ray player. And it plays every popular format EXCEPT divx! Initially I used VirtualDub to convert some movies from divx to xvid. However, being a neophyte, it was trial & error. Originally, I just set all the controls to highest quality but ended up with a HUGE file. So, I re-did the conversion backing off on the quality settings ( a slider bar labeled 'Quality') gradually until I got a file close to the original's size (Man! This procedure takes forever so I quit for now). I don't even know if this is the best way to do this or what. So, I defer to the intelligencia of this community to chime in and steer me towards the path of enlightenment.

thnx,
-Marcos

OOPS! sorry, just saw the 'No Divx ...' sticky, but I do not see a 'delete post' function. Rather than double-post, I hope a mod will move this to the correct forum.

[midders]

I'm confused because Xvid is just the free version of DivX; the files produced by these two codecs are indistinguishable if you change the FOURCC (codec id) in the container and use compatible settings when encoding. If your player plays Xvid then it plays DivX; just use mpegmodifier to change the codec id.

If you really do need to convert your files, then go for x264 (free version of h264) codec in an mp4 or mkv container for high quality at small file size.

Slainte

midders

[MourningStar]

If you really do need to convert your files, then go for x264 (free version of h264) codec in an mp4 or mkv container for high quality at small file size.

Slainte

midders

Thnx! I will definitely investigate this.