Author Topic: Question on divx playback (Read 2990 times)

dub · « **on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 12:41 PM »

i recently bought a lexing dvd player with divx playback capabilities. i downloaded an mpeg movie (700 mb) and i converted it to divx format (530 mb). what do i need to do to play it on my lexing? burn it to a CD-R as file or do i have to do a special conversion? thanks in advance.

bumblebee · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 12:50 PM »

Burn as file.

Kahon · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 02:11 PM »

you could have burned the mpeg movie as file and played it as is.

bumblebee · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 02:50 PM »

Baka gusto nya try yung DivX hehehe

Kahon · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 04:16 PM »

sana nagdownload na lang sya ng divx file

bumblebee · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 04:20 PM »

We can get too excited sometimes.

Kahon · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 04:22 PM »

i know the feeling

dub · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 04:24 PM »

lol! thanks for the replies guys. i made a real divx copy (converted it from avi to divx). the problem was in my player! i just returned it today. after so much debate, i discovered that it was not divx compatible. the unit was lexing divx 5900 (it had divx in its model name) now im looking for a dvd player which has true divx capabilities. apparently the sales people in the store where i got the unit from didnt know jack crap about divx.

Kahon · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 02, 2005 at 04:33 PM »

i think the lexing 5700 is divx compatible. i have a friend who owns one.

skipp3r · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 08, 2005 at 12:53 PM »

newbie lang po. tanong ko lang po kung anong software pwedeng gamitin pang convert ng avi to divx?

PinoyBroker · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 10:52 PM »

I use DivX Create to convert my mpeg to divx.

I use dat2mpg to convert my vcds to mpg

rossifumi46 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 25, 2006 at 02:47 PM »

is avi the same as divx? meaning if i have an avi file.. say for example lost season 2 in avi format. do i have to convert it to divx to allow it to be played on a divx capable dvd player?
or should i jsut burn it direct as avi file and the divx capable player would be able to read and play it? thanx

Philander · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 25, 2006 at 03:09 PM »

Quote from: rossifumi46 on Jan 25, 2006 at 02:47 PM

is avi the same as divx? meaning if i have an avi file.. say for example lost season 2 in avi format. do i have to convert it to divx to allow it to be played on a divx capable dvd player?
or should i jsut burn it direct as avi file and the divx capable player would be able to read and play it? thanx

Divx is a codec (compression decompression - a driver).

AVI file is a video fomat. AVI - Audio video interleave. Proprietary of MS which is uncompressed video.

There are divx video that has .avi file extension (newer ones has .divx). However that avi file has compression which is in divx compresssion.

bestbuy88 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 28, 2006 at 03:33 PM »

I am just as confused with the very loose usage of the words DIVX and MPEG4.

Are they just one and the same?

Accdg to some stores, MP4 means a higher version of MP3. MP3 can only play music but cannot support video, while MP4 supports both video and audio, compressed in a way that you can have so many many songs in one disc; or for that matter, you can compress many full length two hour movies into one single dvd disc.

Questions:

1. I see some stores selling 5-in-1 DVD movies in dvd discs. Are these considered DIVX or are they considered MP4 files?

2. How are divx and mp4 files saved? exclusively in dvd discs, or you can save them in cd-r disc also?

hope some can enlighten my confusion.

Quitacet · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 28, 2006 at 04:51 PM »

Ako din medyo nalilito sa MP4, DivX, .avi formats.

Isa pa, I have read somewhere here in PInoyDVD about a site where I can download a DivX file which can be use to test players for DivX playing capability. Hindi ko makita yung thread kung saan ko nakita?

Anybody who knows about this site please help. Thanks!

bestbuy88 · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 28, 2006 at 06:01 PM »

try going to the LEXING DVD thread. in the latter pages, nanduon ang link to that divx tester.

firewired · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 28, 2006 at 06:17 PM »

Yup, you're referring to the DivXTest CD. For those who downloaded it previously, v2.0 was released late last year. You can download the whole package here:

DivXTest.com Download Center (direct download)
DivXTest.com Download Center (torrent file)

xenxor · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 28, 2006 at 07:18 PM »

Quote from: Quitacet on Jan 28, 2006 at 04:51 PM

Ako din medyo nalilito sa MP4, DivX, .avi formats.

who knows?
aside from being a video codec, DivX is a commercial implementation of MPEG4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile spec. and so is Xvid while being an open-source alternative implementation.

so maybe when we see an MPEG4 player, it could mean that it unofficially supports DivX and/or Xvid.
(no wonder some MPEG4 players have divx/xvid playback bugs).
and when we see a DivX-certificed player, it means it will officially play DivX problem-free at some level. Xvid is another matter as it may or may not work. DivX certifies only Divx. it does not include Xvid certification. (no wonder some official divx players have flaky xvid support)

AVI is a file format. a way to put video, audio, subtitle data into one file. i'm not sure but i think it has nothing to do with MPEG4 spec at all. it's just the most well-known way of putting a divx file together so it became the defacto standard in standalone players.

the real official MPEG4 file format is something similar to the QuikTime file format. i have a couple of them, but i have not tried them on my divx player as i doubt it can even decode the file even if it understands divx/xvid.
and the real official MPEG4 video/audio codecs are H.264/AVC and AAC. and i doubt that my player will play these files with these encodes.

so MPEG4/DivX players are probably named so because they can play divx/xvid AVI files, and not because they can decode the real MPEG4 file format or even play real AVC/AAC video/audio streams (though i wish they'd do so)

Quitacet · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 30, 2006 at 10:15 AM »

Firewired,

Thanks for the links, sir!

xenxor,

Thanks for the info!

Quitacet · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 02, 2006 at 12:38 PM »

Quote from: firewired on Jan 28, 2006 at 06:17 PM

Yup, you're referring to the DivXTest CD. For those who downloaded it previously, v2.0 was released late last year. You can download the whole package here:

DivXTest.com Download Center (direct download)
DivXTest.com Download Center (torrent file)

I already downloaded the divxtest files (11 folders in all). My question now is, If I'm going to use this as a test disc for buying a DivX capable player, how would the player play the files on each folder? Would the folders be shown just like MP3 File folders and the player can open each folder?

Thanks very Much!

X-®an™ · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 02, 2006 at 05:37 PM »

Quote from: Quitacet on Feb 02, 2006 at 12:38 PM

I already downloaded the divxtest files (11 folders in all). My question now is, If I'm going to use this as a test disc for buying a DivX capable player, how would the player play the files on each folder? Would the folders be shown just like MP3 File folders and the player can open each folder?

Thanks very Much!

Yes, they will be shown similar to folders for MP3s.