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Xvid/DivX

  • 05-01-2007 9:28am
    #1
    hamsterboy
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    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?


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  • #2
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,115 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    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


  • #3
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    Cool and the gang. Will give it a shot


  • #4
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    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.


  • #5
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


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


  • #6
    hamsterboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭hamsterboy


    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?


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