I have the most recent version of SimpleDivX and I loved the options but could not get it to encode using XVID. That was unfortunate since it was the codec I'm most interested in. I went to their forum to find not only could I not register and login, but the last post there seems to be from March 07. The problem I described was documented way back in 06 and is obviously not fixed. So what's going on with SimpleDivX? Is it dead? Are there additional codecs I can add? If so from where? In one of the guides it shows DivX Pro 5 but that's clearly not the default. If not SimpleDivX.... then what other capable DivX/XVID tools are there out there? I have WinAVI but the config options are pretty lame. Thanks!
If you have Winavi, download the Divx/Xvid codec, and in "Advanced", choose Divx/Xvid as encoder. Then you can set the encoding options the way you like, I think you will have more than just "lame" settings:~)! http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/ http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=1052&ssid=0&did=1
Thanks for responding. I downloaded the latest DIVX codec and like the last one, I don't seem to have those options. I only have the Convertoer and the EKG... plus the player etc. WinAVI doesn't have any advanced settings I can find even though the info section says there should be one. But getting back to my first question, what's happened to SimpleDIVX? Not that I think I can use it. My first file I encoded with DIVX had a 1/2 sec audio synch problem which turned into an 8 second delay using the Philips DVP3140 player. And some XVID files I downloaded from the web have too many artifacts. So it looks like I won't be using XVID to encode.
I would not blame that on the codec. I never had any problems with Xvid encoded videos. As for what happened with SimpleDivX...I don't know, I guess it just stopped being updated. It happens with free software. I know Winavi is not the best. There are other free software to convert to avi, like AlltoAvi , Staxrip , FairUse Wizard, AutoGK . However, some do not give you much control over the outpu(size, bitrate...), some don't support subtitles. Winavi will do that, and it can work pretty good. If you're lucky:~)!
I'm no longer sure they are XVID files. They were labeled as such but when I play them they have the DIVX logo. All I know is they didn't play well on the Philips DIVX player. Oh well, I have Vista. When it comes to anything running well these days I'm not that lucky. I could not get WinAVI to use the DIVX codec. It either stayed at 0% done with no sign of CPU activity in task manager... or the advanced options window would not popup. Time to start looking for something else.
Right click on Winavi icon. Go to "Compatibility" tab and check "run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP". See if it makes a difference.
