Which program will allow me to capture straight to DivX

[Brind]

Which program will allow me to capture straight to DivX

I'm using a Sony Handycam which allows play through,which is then fed to my pc through firewire cable.

I would like to ideally have the same file size (MB) and quality as a DivX movie file.
To save space until I get a DVD recorder,because I don't want to fill up my hard drives.

Hope you can help,thanks in advance!!

[JamieBecks23]

I suggest VirtualDub.

[Brind]

Is that the only program that will enable capturing to a DivX type file compression?

Because it doesn't seem to find my firewire input,whereas it will capture from a TV type capture card which isn't what I want to use,I have one but it isn't anywhere near as good as a firewire connection in my opinion.

Is there a retail type software program from Adobe or Ulead etc that will allow me to capture from firewire to the DivX file type?

Thanks again for any help!!

[Fozzee]

PowerDirector Pro captures avi and mpg.
It's not free tho..... well....

Fozzee

[Jack_G]

there is actually a lot of programs that let you capture with divx compression. Virtualdub is a good example but you could also try Avi_IO or IuVCR. I've been using IuVCR lately with WinXP and it works very well.

Jack

[Donny661]

I know almost any capture software can capture to DivX compression, but I don't believe any will let you capture it with firewire. The video is stored on your camera as DV so it feeds the video through your firewire cable as DV. The best thing I would suggest you do is capture it as DV then use a program like VirtualDub to convet your DV footage to DivX for storage. Capturing video straight to DivX isn't as good of quality as converting it later and you will have bigger filesizes.

[SaSi]

I don't have a digital camcorder and haven't done it myself, however from what I have read and understood, moving a video from a Digital camcorder into the PC is not actually "video capture" but rather "file copy".

Therefore, it is technically not feasible to "capture" DV input.

If you want DivX format, you could connect the camcorder to a S-Video In or Composite Video in port (provided you have one) and that will allow you to actually capture the video directly to Divx with any program that allows you to chose the captured file format.

However, as was pointed out, you can have much better control and quality over the movie by copying it onto the PC and converting as a separate stage.

[Brind]

Excellent, thankyou for your replys.

I've played with various compressions and i've had various quality in picture but the biggest difference is file size.
You can easily manipulate the movie/home video as you would with normal analogue input TV cards so I would say it is the same as capturing.

I've seen many movies with the DivX codec and nearly all have been equally as good as the DVD Mpeg2 (depending on file size).

Which is why i'd like to use it,I can play it on my pc anyway.. too a TV so i'm not restricted to only using my pc to watch the outcome.

I am just not keen on the idea of recording it and waiting hours for the outcome to be converted... although i'm not against it.

Thanks again for your replys and don't hesitate to give me some more views and ideas!!
:P