MKV to DivxHD Conversion

[infringer]

Hello,

Just curious if there is a tool somewhat like AutoGK that will convert .mkv to DivXHD?

Maybe this would be a big bonus to DivX6 if they were to develop a freeware tool to do such a thing.

Then that way DivxHD certified players will be a contributer.

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And untill something can support MKV and my whole DivX collection I'll be damned if I'm going down MKV road!

Hopefully someone has the answer to this question...

Can MKV be converted easily to DivXHD?

Thank You all in advance.

[delacroixp]

In view of DivX H264 ... MKV may well be supported along with DivX !
We look forward to your support.


It's all good !
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Pascal

[adam1972]

I use the Doctor to convert all my BluRay / HD-DVD rips (MKV using eac3to) to HD DivX w/AC3 audio...... It's an easy to use GUI and indespensable for DivX creation! :helpful:

[delacroixp]

I use the Doctor to convert all my BluRay / HD-DVD rips to HD DivX w/AC3 audio......
DivX and Xvid are still incredibly popular ... it'll be quite some time before mp4 (H264) monopolises the market - home, business or internet.
As it is, a new generation codec is already in the developement pipeline for that day when mp4 becomes defunct.
It's a regular assembly-line process ... with some on the drawing board, others on their way up while still others on their way out.


It's all good !
:):devil::D
Pascal

[kurkosdr]

Just curious if there is a tool somewhat like AutoGK that will convert .mkv to DivXHD?
What are the differences between an MKV with H.264 video and DivXHD?. Isn't DivXHD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX_Plus_HD) just a MKV file with H.264 video?

Anyway, Bluray was an epic fail for both the Dvix Inc and the opensource community. To put it simply, none of them has provided us with a codec superior to the H.264 that bluray is using, so there is no real benefit in converting a Bluray movie into MKV/Dvix HD format. You can as well re-encode the Bluray movie (use TsRemux), store it inside a BD-9, and presto! you can get the same thing MKV offers, but with increased compatibility with standalones.

After all, Dvix was succesfull because it used the superior mpeg 4 ASP codec, while dvd used mpeg2, not because it utilized a weird conainer format. MKV satisfies only the latter. Were is the succesor to H.264?


Can MKV be converted easily to DivXHD?
If DvixHD is infact an MKV file with H.264 video, you already got a DvixHD in your hands

[Guest]

none of them has provided us with a codec superior to the H.264 that bluray is using H.264 is not a codec.

there is no real benefit in converting a Bluray movie into MKV/Dvix HD format Other than the container being more more convenient than a directory tree of files, people do it to reduce the size. On a bluray disk, there is a lot of space and so no compulsion to use the lowest bitrates that give the requisite quality.

[kurkosdr]

H.264 is not a codec.
I meant MPEG 4 AVC format.

Other than the container being more more convenient than a directory tree of files, people do it to reduce the size.
Joining the m2ts files together would satisfy the "one file only" requirement. Then it would be a lot easier to make these files into a bluray (just split them) rather than changing between containers.

Ok, I found out my self why people prefer videos in the mkv format. It allows for 800p resolutions, which is a way to reduce size, but with a trade-off in quality. In fact, most "1080p" videos that circulate on the net are 800p vids. Since the m2ts format doesn't support 800p resolutions, mkv seems the only way

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[yetanotherid]

After all, Dvix was succesfull because it used the superior mpeg 4 ASP codec, while dvd used mpeg2, not because it utilized a weird conainer format. MKV satisfies only the latter.

DivX was probably successful in a large part due to the popularity of XviD. How many people to you know who actually use the DiVX encoder?


Ok, I found out my self why people prefer videos in the mkv format. It allows for 800p resolutions, which is a way to reduce size, but with a trade-off in quality. In fact, most "1080p" videos that circulate on the net are 800p vids.

I think you'll find the 800p resolution you refer to is actually 1080p video which has been encoded after cropping the top and bottom black bars.... so what remains is only the picture area, which means there's not necessarily a quality trade-off as the resolution of the video itself remains the same. Same thing with a lot of video labelled 720p. The actual resolution might be 1280 x 544 but it's still 720p, only with the black bars removed.

The reason those "cropped" encodes are usually still referred to as 1080p and 720p is to conform to the standards. If you started labelling them as 800p or 544p instead of 1080p and 720p there'd be much more confusion.
Generally if the width is 1920 then it's 1080p with the black bars cropped, if it's 1280 then it's 720p with the black bars cropped.

[setarip_old]

@yetanotherid

Hi!

I'm guessing that you didn't notice that you responded to a November 2009 post.

(Maybe your battles with "Ghitulescu" have tired you ;>})

[yetanotherid]

I'm guessing that you didn't notice that you responded to a November 2009 post.

You'd be correct there.

(Maybe your battles with "Ghitulescu" have tired you ;>})

And got me so used to arguing with someone who's living in the dark ages I assumed this thread was current! ;-)