Re: [transcode-users] converting Xvid to Divx

[Christoph Lampert <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Steffen Scheuring wrote:

> Thanx,
> 
> there are a lot Xvid encoded files which can not be played, not even 
> one which is Xvid encoded, so I think it is a general problem.
> 
> I read the report at videohelp.com, but at mine Xvid is not working, 
> even some Divx5 encoded stuff doesn't work ...

Some DivX5-stuff isn't working? Maybe simply your CD-Rs aren't working?
Or is that downloaded stuff from the internet? Then you cannot really 
expect it to work...
 
> A Xvid encoded file will not be recognized by the player and will not 
> be shown at the disc menu. So it could be the first problem you 
> described. I will test it tomorrow.

_That_ should be fixed by the avifix-trick. If the files show up or not 
shouldn't depend on the internal MPEG-4 features, because the player 
doesn't see them before you start playing the file. 
 
> Does the bitrate influence the quality? At last solution I will 
> reencode it but this seem to downgrade the quality.

Bitrate is the _biggest_ factor in quality. The higher, the better (within 
limits).

chl

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