Reencoding Question

[cyberlion]

I have an movie with this details...

Format : DivX
Length : 698 MiB for 1h 36mn 29s 206ms
Video #0 : DivX 5 at 922 Kbps
Aspect : 720 x 528 () at 23.976 fps
Audio #0 : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 at 80.0 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz
Language : english

Can reencoding to Xvid in VirtualDub will change its format...

What will i able to see its Whole File Info after reencoding.....

If i reencode any format movie with Xvid will format change in file info

[guns1inger]

Re-encoding with Xvid will only reduce it's quality and basically be a waste of time. Xvid is an open source version of mpeg-4 part 10 (?), with Divx being a closed source equivalent. So they are essentially the same thing, and for many players, interchangeable.

What information do you expect to see after conversion that you do not see now, and why is this information important ?

[jagabo]

Your Divx video is probably over compressed already. Recompressing with Xvid or any other lossy codec can only make the quality worse.

[cyberlion]

Well i need understand for encoding XX version to XVid.

I like Xvid dunno may be name ... what are divX and Xvid main diff and which is better

[jagabo]

Divx is a commercial implementation of the MPEG 4 Part 2 specification. Xvid is an open source implementation of the same spec. I think Xvid is a little better than Divx. But the difference isn't huge. The only significant difference between the two is that Xvid uses three warp point GMC, Divx uses one warp point. Some Divx/DVD and standalone media players support one warp point GMC but I'm not aware of any that support three. You probably shouldn't be using GMC anyway.

[cowboyup910]

whats the point of your project. why re-encode? what information "whole info" are you looking for?

[cyberlion]

Thanks jagado .... amc dunno ........

Does after reencoding whatever format the movie was in - change to Xvid as specified in file info

[cyberlion]

Another Question if i have this DivX version ... reencoding to DivX wont create any choppy quality

[jagabo]

You can change a Divx file into an Xvid file by changing the fourcc with something like fourcc code changer. Basically there's no significant difference between Divx and Xvid as far as playback is concerned.

Reencoding shouldn't change the frame rate or smoothness of playback. If it does something is going wrong.

[AlanHK]

Can reencoding to Xvid in VirtualDub will change its format...

I'm not sure what you're trying to do. If you want just want to change the codec identified in the file header, try
AVI FourCC Code Changer.

[cyberlion]

Hi I am reencoding an encoded movie with special virtualdub filters like watermark subtitles etc i concerned about movie video going chopy and audio making squeezy voice as such some bytes are missing...

[poisondeathray]

Hi I am reencoding an encoded movie with special virtualdub filters like watermark subtitles etc i concerned about movie video going chopy and audio making squeezy voice as such some bytes are missing...

You don't have to re-encode the audio ; you're not watermarking the audio

Just use audio => direct stream copy

[mh2360]

If I recall correctly, AVIRecomp will allow you to add logos and subtitles.

It will encode to XviD and use the original audio, in fact all you need to tell it, is what size you want the output file to be.

[cyberlion]

I like virtualdub and been researching on it ....

[mh2360]

Yes, Virtualdub is great, which is probably why AVIRecomp uses it.

AVIRecomp is a just frontend for VirtualdubMod and AVISynth which takes much of the hassle out of recoding an AVI.

[cyberlion]

For VirtualDub i found a way of using preset information - it really do the work quick .... Though if there is superior software with ease to understand than VirtualDub to give much better quailty and time .... since I know much about VirtualDub through researching it for few months.