TalkingSoft.com Forums: witch is better, DivX or XVid...? - TalkingSoft.com Forums

hi, i have a big project a head of me, that i plan to accomplish offhandly, and i want to get over with. I want to get all my movies in my harddrive to DVD-s in .avi format, couse there is not a single MB free now. the thing is that i want also to be able to read tha .avi's from my DVD player which can't play bigger resolutions then 720x560, and most of my movies are 800x336, so i need to re-encode, which is better Divx 6.1 or Xvid 1.1.0, i use to encode PocketDivXEncoder which despite of its name will convert to Xvid also. i am asking this couse it seems there is a problem with xvid sometimes, when played on dvd->TV, sometimes in motion moments of the movie, some areas will appear in small pink or green boxes, and will dissappear after 1 to 2 sec. its very rear, maybe 3-4 times during the entire movie, but it is anoying...and i have encounter this issue in other forums too. I have seen other threads where divx and xvid are compared but the test is very old, before Xvid even came out with their 1.0 version, thats why i asked anyway.

10x

the pink boxe can appen with divx too its not a codec problem but a ripp problem!!
for the resolution i recommende you to use 640X???(doesnt remenber exactly what it is srry) for a 1h30 movie and 5??X??? for a movie of 2h and less and 4??X??? for more then 2h!!(if you use a file size of 700meg)
and for quality i have to admit that its the same!! but ixid is free for multipass and not divx!!

then i finally recommand you XVID (personaly thats i use!)