Converting DivX to VCD???

Discussion in 'MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding (AVI to DVD)' started by Raptor35, Aug 2, 2003.

  1. Raptor35

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    I have a Russian movie "Kin-Dza-Dza" on a DivX CD. I want to convert it to a VCD (or even DVD?) so I can play it in my DVD player. Problem is, I drag the movie file onto my hard drive, but it is a ".vid" extension & doesn't seem to be able to open in TMPGEnc or Virtual Dub!? The video file uses a "COL1" codec, if that means ANYTHING??? Can anyone please help me?
     
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  2. Dela

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    .vid, hmm that is new, download a program called avicodec and see if that gives any info on it!
     
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    Thanks for your reply! YEP I've already done that. AviCodec tells me this:
    VIDEO: avi file with ".vid" extension, COL1
    AUDIO: Voxware MetaSound
    What is "COL1"? When I try to open the file in Virtual Dub, I get this: "can't locate compressor for format 'COL1' (unknown)".
    Any suggestions, anybody???
     
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    OK I worked it out (should've done my homework first I guess!). For posterity's sake, this is what I did:
    1) Opened TMPGEnc
    2) Clicked on Options/Enviro Settings/VFAPI Plug-In
    3) Right-clicked DirectShow Multimedia File Reader & increased priority to 2!
    Now TMPGEnc accepts my looney ".vid" file and I can convert to VCD/SVCD/DVD whatever!
    YEEE-HAR!
     
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    lol, well nice to see it work out :)
     
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