MPEG-2 & DIV-X

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I know what MPEG-2 does because I have it in my Adobe Premiere 6.5., but how
is DivX comparing and how can I get DivX in my Computer to burn DVD's
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"Leo Reyes" <dusty-roads@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<7dVqc.2064$Tn6.1269@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> I know what MPEG-2 does because I have it in my Adobe Premiere 6.5., but how
> is DivX comparing and how can I get DivX in my Computer to burn DVD's

As usual, hop over to www.dvdrhelp.com...

DivX (i.e. mpeg4) is significantly more compressed, without a
significant quality loss. You'll need a DivX codec, and that's about
it. The last part of your sentence made no sense. I presume you're
asking can you use DivX as the encoding for video on a DVD. No.
Legal DVD formats are mpeg1 and mpeg2. You can of course put DivX AVI
files on a DVD and play them on your PC, but they're not going to play
on a consumer DVD player (give or take one or two far east players
that support mpeg4)

 

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On Thu, 20 May 2004 03:02:27 GMT, "Leo Reyes"
<dusty-roads@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I know what MPEG-2 does because I have it in my Adobe Premiere 6.5., but how
>is DivX comparing and how can I get DivX in my Computer to burn DVD's

DivX can give you very good quality, probably more than requested by
most -but in fact, not as good as mpeg. Its main merit is keeping
quality at low bitrates, where mpeg would start to fail. You can get
DivX from http://www.divx.com.

DVDs, as such, can only be mpeg (-1/-2). But there are DVD players
that can also play DivX .avi files, so you can burn them on a CD/DVD
disc as data, and play them.

 

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Bariloche wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2004 03:02:27 GMT, "Leo Reyes"
> <dusty-roads@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >I know what MPEG-2 does because I have it in my Adobe Premiere 6.5., but how
> >is DivX comparing and how can I get DivX in my Computer to burn DVD's
>
> DivX can give you very good quality, probably more than requested by
> most -but in fact, not as good as mpeg. Its main merit is keeping
> quality at low bitrates, where mpeg would start to fail. You can get
> DivX from http://www.divx.com.
>
> DVDs, as such, can only be mpeg (-1/-2). But there are DVD players
> that can also play DivX .avi files, so you can burn them on a CD/DVD
> disc as data, and play them.

Better yet, go with Xvid instead. It's mpeg-4, as Divx is, will be compatible
with any set-top box capable of playing DivX, and *unlike* the files on
www.divx.com, has no spyware.

http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html (source code)

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/xvid.html (binary installer for Windows)

You might find that you get even better results with Xvid than DivX with lower
CPU use (your mileage may vary).

 

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On 20 May 2004 04:42:11 -0700, pstankley@hotmail.com (stankley) wrote:

>You can of course put DivX AVI
>files on a DVD and play them on your PC, but they're not going to play
>on a consumer DVD player (give or take one or two far east players
>that support mpeg4)

I don't know which is the situation in the USA for Dvd/DivX desktop
players, but in Europe they are quickly becoming commonplace, and not
necessarily from far east -there's a Philpis, for instance.

 

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Bariloche <bariloche@bariloche.com> wrote in message news:<7tkra0pplm2o1qmimfla53pl0ea2outok2@4ax.com>...
> On 20 May 2004 04:42:11 -0700, pstankley@hotmail.com (stankley) wrote:
>
> >You can of course put DivX AVI
> >files on a DVD and play them on your PC, but they're not going to play
> >on a consumer DVD player (give or take one or two far east players
> >that support mpeg4)
>
> I don't know which is the situation in the USA for Dvd/DivX desktop
> players, but in Europe they are quickly becoming commonplace, and not
> necessarily from far east -there's a Philpis, for instance.

According to the ever-useful DVDRHelp site, there are 24 players
listed for US:

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&Submit=Search&divx=1&Search=Search&country=US&orderby=Name

This list includes Xbox and Playstation2 - maybe that's an option for
the original poster?

 

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>>>You can of course put DivX AVI
>>>files on a DVD and play them on your PC, but they're not going to play
>>>on a consumer DVD player (give or take one or two far east players
>>>that support mpeg4)
> According to the ever-useful DVDRHelp site, there are 24 players
> listed for US:
>
> http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVDname=&Submit=Search&divx=1&Search=Search&country=US&orderby=Name

Philips DVP642 $69 at any Walmart store today.

Highly recommended, very cheap (probably the cheapest DIVX/DVD player
available), works great across a range of DIVX/etc. files, and has no
significant drawbacks.

www.fatwallet.com/forums/ -> Hot Deals for the thread on this machine
for cheaper prices.

This player, IMO, is a better buy than the prior cheap & good DIVX
players available in the USA, the LiteOn series LVD-2001/2002. (Their
latest LVD-2010 however can be a good alternative since it can stream
over a network as well.)