Convert MKV to DivX

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I'm trying to convert a mkv video file into a divX file so my DVD player can read it. Unfortunately all the programs I've tried so far are crap. Anybody know of a decent program that can do this without losing to much quality or it taking forever to convert?
 
I use AllToAVI. It can covert to DivX, XVID and PSP formats. It's free and can be found on SourceForge.

I use these settings:

Software Scaler: Bi Cubic
Video Encoder: DivX
Video Bitrate: High Quality
Audio Bitrate: High Quality

If you're mkv video is encoded with H.264 don't allow to go in to restricted mode, it'll take forever to encode. Good luck.
 
killadoob said:
Even better is the brrip :D.
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Yeah... If you have a 4 meg line :p

MKV is a smaller version a DivX rip but with the same quality. I would rather download a 300mb MKV file and convert it (with no quality loss) than download the same video at 700mb ;)
 
XineoX said:
I use AllToAVI. It can covert to DivX, XVID and PSP formats. It's free and can be found on SourceForge.

I use these settings:

Software Scaler: Bi Cubic
Video Encoder: DivX
Video Bitrate: High Quality
Audio Bitrate: High Quality

If you're mkv video is encoded with H.264 don't allow to go in to restricted mode, it'll take forever to encode. Good luck.
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It is H.264. Didn't use restricted mode yet it claims it will take 70mins:eek:. For a 300mb, 30min long mkv file!!!
 
SiriS said:
lol

Most of the so-called brrips I see are divx/xvid rips from a BD original. Doubt whether it makes any real difference.
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No dude the difference is massive. Most divx movies are 800meg the Brrips are double that. The quality is far far superior to divx i think.

Winavi alan.

Easy one click stuff. If you are downloading mkv's a small 5mb download should be fine :D to convert them.
 
killadoob said:
No dude the difference is massive. Most divx movies are 800meg the Brrips are double that. The quality is far far superior to divx i think.
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My understanding is as follows -

- BRrips are XVID encoded, but from a BD ripped file e.g. a MKV encoded file
- BDrips are XVID encoded, but directly from the actual source Bluray disk
- DVDrips are XVID encoded, obviously from a DVD

In all three cases it is still an Xvid encode, only the source differ. I'm not sure if the source will make a big difference. Size is the determinant of quality. That's why the 2Gb+ encodes of yours look so good - the bit rate is much higher than a 700Mb encode. But you can also rip a DVD to 2Gb Xvid and the quality would probably exactly the same.

EDIT/ now that I think about it - the BR/BRrips are probably encoded at a larger resolution than DVDrips too, so that would also increase quality. Although encoding is done by the same engine (xvid), so at a larger resolution the bitrate will be less than 'n comparable size DVDrip decreasing quality again. Hmmm...would be interesting to compare two rips at the same file size.

I'm confident though that, when the same encoding is used (xvid) then file size is by far the biggest factor in determining quality.
 
download Super C it can convert almost every type. It doesnt come with a rm converter codec in it so you have to download the rm codec if you want to convert rm files.
 
Hahah siris all i know is a brrip looks far better than a divx. Not sure what they use or do but it is miles better :D. Not nearly as good as 720p or 1080p but hey when seacom is down beggers cannot be choosers :D.
 
You need to distinguish between containers and codecs. Your DVD player probably plays AVI containers. So if your MKV container contains H264, and you need to convert that to a suitable format. If this is the case, there's no way around the long conversion times.

If only a change of container is required, you can remux the MKV into an AVI without transcoding, so it goes much faster.

Try Virtualdub.
 
After some research it looks like 90% of BRRips are in XviD format while the others are in MKV H.264 format with the odd MP4 format :p

@Alan 300mb? I take that the resolution is quite high? The higher the resolution the longer it takes in my experience ;)
 
mkv converter

It am confused about which one above is better. Can you guys recommend me a good one you have used. I appreciate your help. Thank you!
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