I am interested in burning DIVX movies I download onto a DVD disc so I can watch them on my DVD player. Can anyone offer some insight, as I am very new to this. Thank you!
As far as I know this isn't possible. From memory DVDs use MPEG-2 compression. They don't know how to decode Divx.
If your dvd player supports VideoCD, you can use TMPGEnc to transcode your downloaded video to standard, playable mpeg1 vcd. TMP has the standard template you need. I've converted a couple of MTV videos downloaded from WinMX this way. The quality was pretty awful - not so much because of the transcoding, but because the downloaded files were so poor to begin with. However they were watchable on my dvd player. -- Klingy --
Based on what you're trying to do (in your first post), NO, it can't be done. You cannot just take a Divx OR an mpeg2 OR an mpeg1 OR any other kind of video file, burn it to a dvd, and expect it to play on your standalone. Sorry, life is not that simple. You can *store* your downloaded files on the dvd for _archival_ purposes, but that's about it. If you want dvd player playback, you *must* *first* make sure your video files are in a format that is dvd-compatible, then _author_, and then _burn_ your resulting BUPS, VOBS, AND IFOS with authoring software. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you, reese101. Welcome to the wild and whacky world of video processing! -- Klingy --
I have burned my divx files to dvd. There is a problem however with everyone i try. I use a program called TMPGEnc. In this if you dont know how to use it you get to choose what you would like to convert your file to. There is a whole tutorial that i follow but the basic thing is you have to choose under the dvd catagory NTSC. The problem is thats for movies with 29.97 frames per second. The divx avi files i have are all 23.97 frames per second. So when i do go through this whole process that takes about 6 hours then finally burn it the dvd player plays the movie the sound and picture are perfect the problem is the frames of the movie play too fast and the audio is off plus the movie runs to fast anyway forcing the frames through. So if anyone knows either how to change a movie from 23.97 to 29.97 frames per second or some other way to convert these to a dvd burners form that will work let me know. Email is *Now removed by Anally retentive moderator*
Hey guys, of course you can get your divx onto a DVD, but please don't post your email addresses here. Paul. PS : Hi Klingy!
OK, you are using the right software. When you open TMPGEnc, ignore the wizard and click the video source button. Select the video file you want and hit load. Select Pal or NTSC (Which I am reliably informed stands for Never The Same Colour), depending on what you want to play at home and TMPGEnc will convert it is neccessary. If you have the option to fiddle with FPS in the Settings tab, don't, leave everything in there alone, except under video select highest quality and under advanced select 1:1 ratio (the screen size is already set in the divx, so you just want to copy it exactly.) Leave everything else alone and run it. You can do it in MPEG1 or MPEG2. Usually I make it into a VCD after this, as converted divx movies rarely (IMHO) are ever worth DVD-R media. You can burn, however, your MPEG1 or 2 movie onto a DVD is you must and that is a whole other story. Last point : DVD players are being brought out by cheap companies which actually offer divx, which means that in the future we may not have to do this at all! Paul.
He's right. I'm using TMPGenc, & it seems to be working (burning a movie as we speak). The problem is, Sonic MyDVD is only letting me burn about 2.5GB at a time. That means 2.5GB per DVD... I'M BURNING LORD OF THE RINGS, FOR CRIPES SAKE!! Know how many DVD's it's going to be??? Erm...4, I think. Anyone know of software that lets you burn more at a time???
AFAIK, unless you have the new KISS player, you can't just burn a DivX movie to a DVD and expect it to play. So, for 99.99 percent of us, you will need to: 1. Rip the Audio stream from the .avi using Virtual Dub or NanDub. 2. Re-Encode the .avi (DivX) video stream to .m2v (MPEG-2) using a program such as CCE or TMpgEnc. 3. Process the ripped audio stream into an AC3 (required for DVD, unless you want to waste space using PCM (.wav) format). 4. Author your DVD using the .ac3 and .m2v you created above using software such as DVD Maestro or Scenarist. 5. Burn your DVD image or VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders created above to DVD using software such as RecordNow Max. Enjoy! *Edit* CrumFarm, something is very wrong with your procedure or setup, or Sonic MyDVD is garbage.
OK. So you're right. I realized ex post facto that I was only burning the Mpg & not the vido (decoded elsewhere as a WAV file). So, I wound up with a smashing video but no audio whatsoever. Why won't the gods make it easier on us?
BTW, Sonic MyDVD has been just fine for me. The features are fairly slim, but it does the job. Once I have a good DVD that I'd like to dupe, I switch to Veritas, though, as it copies existing DVD's fairly quickly & easily. The demo of Nero never worked for me so I gave it a rest.
