Burning Divx file

zuza · Post by **zuza** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:54 am

Hi,
I have followed HD tutorial by JC Hunter. I thought I have managed to make a Divx file. Now I have two problems. First when I play it on my computer (Windows Media Player), I do not have any sound. Second do I have to use another program to burn DVD? I would prefer to use Ulead so I create menus etc. However I tried to use Sonic and was unable to burn anything.

To make things more complicated for me, I am trying to produce not only NTSC versions of my movies but also PAL - so my family in Europe can view it. Does this apply to Divx files?

I am complete beginner.
Thank you for your help.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:29 am

If you want to produce a DVD, why do you make a Divx file first? This is a highly compressed file which gives good quality video but cannot be authored as a DVD. A DVD requires mpeg2 compression. Your Divx file needs to be converted to mpeg2. Since Divx is a much higher and more lossy compression than mpeg2, the missing data has to be guessed by the converter.

It's much better to stay uncompressed as long as you can along the line and only compress once to the target format. Trans coding will always lose quality.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:35 am

I am also a little mystified as to why you are saving initially to a DivX file... But now that you have it, does the audio play when you play the video back on the (free) DivX player?

Second, do you intend to leave it as DivX? As Heinz has already told you, for a normal DVD, you need to use DVD-compatible mpeg-2, but going HD > DivX > mpeg-2 seems rather counter-intuitive to me...

However, to add one gloss on Heinz's comments -- if you and/or your family have a DVD player which is rated to play DivX discs (and not all that many are) then you can simply burn your DivX file to CD or DVD as you would an archive data file, and it will play as a video on such DVD players. If not, then you have to go the mpeg-2 route.

That being said, you might also want to try simply sending your family an NTSC DVD. These days, most PAL DVD players have no problems playing an NTSC disc. Unfortunately, the contrary is not necessarily true i.e. not all NTSC players can play PAL discs. But it is something you might want to try before you get into the rather complicated process of converting between NTSC and PAL.

zuza · Post by **zuza** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:06 pm

Sorry I was not very clear.
I do have Sony HDR-HC3 camera. I captured my video as HD MPEG file (with setting described in JC Hunter Tutorial). After the editing, I down converted to standart definition NTSC (that works ok) and also standart definition PAL for my family.
As a next step, I was hoping i could also create Divx file to enjoy HD quality with my HD TV and keep it for later when my family gets equipment for HD viewing.
I was hoping to get a HD video since I have HD camera.