Xvid/DivX

hamsterboy · 05-01-2007 09:28AM #1

I recently got a Powerpoint DVDX DVD/DivX player and so far it plays everything I throw at it. But lastnight I tried to play a disc that had an Xvid file on it and it wouldn't play it, citing unsupported format. I was under the impression that DivX players could play Xvid files. Was I wrong? Also, is there a application that will convert Xvid to DivX?

loyatemu · 05-01-2007 11:08AM

hamsterboy wrote:

I recently got a Powerpoint DVDX DVD/DivX player and so far it plays everything I throw at it. But lastnight I tried to play a disc that had an Xvid file on it and it wouldn't play it, citing unsupported format. I was under the impression that DivX players could play Xvid files. Was I wrong? Also, is there a application that will convert Xvid to DivX?

depends on how the Xvid file was encoded - theres a lot of different options, not all of them supported by standalone players.

Dr. Divx will convert Xvid to Divx
http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX

hamsterboy · 05-01-2007 11:10AM

Cool and the gang. Will give it a shot

Sparky · 05-01-2007 12:45PM

I noticed that my player will play Xvid and Divx too. I had the same problem months back and I found out that it was due to the Xvid being encoded in a higher bitrate than Divx.

hamsterboy · 05-01-2007 12:49PM

Really. That's encouraging. I'll try and encode the Xvid file to a lower bitrate and see if that works. Cheers

hamsterboy · 12-01-2007 09:28AM

loyatemu wrote:

depends on how the Xvid file was encoded - theres a lot of different options, not all of them supported by standalone players.

Dr. Divx will convert Xvid to Divx
http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX

Strange thing. Some of the files I convert using Dr. Divx don't play in the player, while others will.

New problem now
While I was using Auto GK, it will finish decoding the audio, but when it moves onto the video, it throws an error sating the input format is unsupported or uncompatable (forget which). This is odd cos it's using .vob files created from the original DVD by DVD Decrypter. Any Ideas?

Xvid/DivX

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