gamer1978 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Is it possible to convert AVI to DivX with no file size change and is there a recommended program to use. I think the AVI's are in xvid but they dont work on my divx player. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnot Borg Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Yes you can do it with almost no file size change. However, it all depends on the codecs used and the size of the video image. Quality of the video will change. Programs for various things are mentioned in one of our threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dBLOOD Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Since avi is a container format, if you create divx avis, you can rename them to .divx, and you are done. I am not sure if you talk about avi in general, or some particular avis, but avi files (it is a container format, remember? :)) can hold DivX or XviD encoded video data, or data encoded with allmost any other video codec. And if you are lucky, you can "force" your player to play xvid files by changing the 4CC codes of the avi from xvid (if it is xvid) to divx and changing extension to divx (if the latter is needed by your player). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbb Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 The xvid codec should still be available on it's namesake website. I didn't get much from it. I only got it for one movie file and forgot about it afterwards. As for divx, I never saw the difference at all between divx and avi. From what I saw divx only complements avi files. Overall I don't think the xvid codec is worth getting. It's good in itself but not very useful. Sorry I could not be much more helpful in this. I hope you find better results for your query. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dBLOOD Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 The main difference between xvid and divx that you have to pay to encode video with divx legally. Basically xvid and divx are implementations of the same mpeg-4 codec. None of them are worse then the other, it is about personal taste. Divx got better support in commercial players. "It's good in itself but not very useful." LOL google before you say somthing like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paniq Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I think "but they dont work on my divx player." is worthy of more investigation. Most divx players have a cheap decoding chip (no where in the same league as your computer's CPU) and how good they work varies. Some won't play "packed" xvid, many don't like high bitrates. Nearly all won't handle HD files (anything above 640 wide) even ones with HDMI connections! Then there's Nero MP4 files, most don't like these. Get hold of Gspot that will tell you the codec used, the resolution, whether it has packed bits, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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