Simple vs Advanced

[madman7th]

In the encoder there are some options available.
"Use Pro Features (use only i Divx 5 Pro is installed)
"bi-directional enc. "
"gmc"
the first option (use Pro features) is unchecked, but the next two are checked.
Will I produce an MPEG-4 Simple Profile movie or an MPEG-4 Advanced Profile Movie?
Basically I'd like to know if there are any hardware DVD players can that can play my Divx Movies.
Thanks!

[symonjfox]

If you use basic functionality of the codec you'll get MPEG4 Simple profile streams.

If you use GMC, QPel and Bframes you'll get MPEG4 Advanced Simple Profile

MPEG 4 Advanced profile is H.264 but is still in heavy developement.

To keep the max compatibility I suggest you to use SIMPLE PROFILE only.

[Sirber]

Uses only BFrames. GMC and QPEl are buggy (I read that somewhere in this forum...)