Posted by crosstown on 04/12/06 00:13

"Marmalade_man" <Marmalade_man@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:14:44 GMT, "B. Peg" <bent_peg@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>> ... Divx 6 likes to set the extension to movie.divx instead of movie.avi.
>>Maybe to launch their own player? Anyway, I rename it to movie.avi and it
>>seems to work on the computer and opens in Windows Media Player that way.
>>
>>Still, I cannot get a Divx 6 movie to play "with sound" on their licensed
>>Philips DVD player. >:o( Maybe it was licensed for version 5?
>>
>>B~
> That is interesting as I have the same Phillips 642/37 player and have
> no problem with DivX files that I don't alread have on my computer
> even with the extension divx, I think.
>
> I have however found that my encodes are better with XviDs and now
> consider DivX a totally second rate product. I was particularly
> frustrated with sync troubles I had with DivX 5 & 6.
>
> I found I have more control over the encodes and am able to totally
> eliminate the trouble I was having with XviDs.
>
> - Vic
>

I also have a philips 642/37. It is much more dependable than our KiSS dp450
that I got when they first came out. The zoom controls on the 642 are not as
good as the KiSS was tho.
The only issue I've had with the Philips is the video is sometimes way off
color or other similar malfuntions with XviD files, but that is easily fixed
by just opening the players menue and exiting....it usually (99% of the
time) solves the problem.
I have never had a problem with any DivX file that I encoded using the same
manual method Gordian Knot that Ive always used ( I now use v.33...started
with v23 i think). I think the sync problem may be caused by multiplexing
the audio/video with Virtual Dub, instead of Nandub. I always use Nandub for
splitting, appending. multiplexing and rarely have any sync problems. I seem
to have better luck hitting the exact filesize I want with DivX than with
Xvid.

On another note...whats with all the freaking trolls posting the crap
pictures in this group? Dont they have enough courtesy to post them in a
binary group like they are supposed to? Maybe theyre just too lame and
ignorant.
Crosstown

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