encoding for Sony DVP-NS76H DIVX DVD player

[halsboss]

Hi. In Ausland (PAL territory) I bought a Sony DVP-NS76H DVD player which the manual says can play Divx files up to ver 6 (?) on data discs with extensions .AVI and .divx ...

I don't have a DIVX encoder, however wonder if encoding can be done by FFMPEG.exe (is xvid the same "format" as divx ?) or maybe x264.exe ? The manual doesn't say what the audio format in the AVI should be so may I presume divx has a standard of some sort ?

Not sure where to look for a quick side-by-side comparison of the formats to see how hard I'm talking through my hat :)

Any advice or links are most welcome.

[halsboss]

Just came across this H.264 is the name of the standard and x264 is an implementation of it. Just like MPEG-4 ASP is a standard and XviD and divx are implementations. which seems to imply FFMPEG XVID output = DIVX output ... but what about the audio in the avi ?

[foxyshadis]

Almost certainly mp3. Going to move this to the hardware forum where folks who know all the standalones can detail its capabilities.

[Awatef]

For a start, I will recommend you download DivX from www.divx.com and encode using the "Home Theater" profile. That will work for sure.

[halsboss]

Thanks Awatef. You are spot on, of course.

I was hoping to get away without yet another piece of software... hence wanting to understand what was produced by the DivX thingy and replicate it with what I already had - one or some combination of FFMPEG (preferably), X.264, XVID, Nero 7 full.

Anyone done an AVIcodec or a GSPOT on one of the .AVI/.divx files and/or know the answer ? If you do know, any suggestions on an equivalent FFMPEG command line ?

All the Best.

[Awatef]

Well, DivX Home Theater will work for sure, and will save you a lot of thinking, but XviD has incorporated a Home Profile too (Choose "Home" in the "Profile @ Level" list) and there is a very high probability that it will work on your player.

You can forget about x264 completely, it won't work at all.

Nero works only on Nero certified devices. Yours is not, so forget about it too.

As for FFMPEG, I don't know why you bother about it, I thought DivX & XviD have slightly better quality and encode up to 3 times faster :confused: