DivX encoding issues

bibibobo

Will PAL DVD's encoded to DivX at 29.97fps and certification 'High Definition' play back on a Philips 630 player which just states 'DivX capable'? I need to know what format to encode my DVD's to ensure compatibility and max quality.

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Webmonkey

Well no harm in trying different settings and seeing which works?

bibibobo

Webmonkey wrote:

Well no harm in trying different settings and seeing which works?

will do webmonkey. the only problem is they take ages to encode. try 3 hours on P4 HT 2.8GHz, 1GB ram!!! on this note, why is my CPU only up to 50% while encoding??? I have set the CPU affinity to the first CPU from the task manager for the DR DIVX program???

tman

bibibobo wrote:

will do webmonkey. the only problem is they take ages to encode. try 3 hours on P4 HT 2.8GHz, 1GB ram!!! on this note, why is my CPU only up to 50% while encoding??? I have set the CPU affinity to the first CPU from the task manager for the DR DIVX program???

try disabling hyperthreading perhaps?

bibibobo

tman wrote:

try disabling hyperthreading perhaps?

thanks, i'll try disabling it from the boot menu. previously i only disabled it from the task manager, i.e. assigning dr divx to one cpu only.

should i expect much of a performance hit from my other applications?

hostyle

bibibobo wrote:

will do webmonkey. the only problem is they take ages to encode. try 3 hours on P4 HT 2.8GHz, 1GB ram!!!

Why not queue up a few jobs for encoding overnight?

bibibobo

hostyle wrote:

Why not queue up a few jobs for encoding overnight?

yes, disabling hyperthreading in the bios boosts the encoder cpu usage to 100%.