Any best practices for DV(Pal) to DivX for watching on TV ?

[schmuh]

I would like to convert my 1h DV tape (Standard PAL Interlaced 4:2:0 captured as Type2 through WinDV freeware from my Sony DCR-TRV-14E) to 700Mb DivX, burn it on CD, send it to my family-friends-who-has-DVDDivXCompatible-player and let them watch it on their 4/3 or 16/9(with 4/3 hability) TV ?

What I understand (Thanks to this forum for this :p ) :
-Usage of VirtualDubMod and AVISynth
-Everything around Windows/Codecs/Software/Hardware installation
-DivX and DV formats main concepts

Do I need to :
-Use a specific DV codec (Panasonic ?)
-Resize (bad news cause I'll have to deinterlace first)
-Correct any color/luma problem I read on those forums
-Do anything else ?

Best regards.

[bb]

How about the "DV to DivX guide"? See the sticky threads in this forum.

bb

[schmuh]

Of course, I read this great "DV to DivX Guide" :D but I am still very confused about color/chroma problems specific to DV and the movie size.

[chilledoutuk]

Yes i just looked at that guide its a little old and out of date.

Firstly i have tried out Nero recode on some dv footage and it works flawlessly with all the AVI video types maybe you may want ot give that a try.

If you really want to use a VFW codec as you want to create an avi here is a very simple AVIsynth script i have recently been using.


LoadPlugin("D:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\tom\TomsMoComp.dll")
directShowSource("Tape 1 - Clip 005.avi")
TomsMoComp(-1,5,1)
lanczosResize(640,480)


On pal interlaced DV i have found Toms motion compensated deinterlacer to be very effective.

I havent noticed any colour or chroma problems using this script.

I also use toms deinterlacer when im encoding with cce for DVDs. quite simply video codecs perform much better encoding progresive video than interlaced. this performance can normally overcome any bluring of the image.

if your friends are going to be watching on a monitor then toms mocomp is the only way to go.

Hope this helps