General Information

DivX is the most common proprietry codec available on the internet. It is a hack of the Microsoft MPEG4 v2 and v3 codecs. This format can only be played back with the Windows Media Player or any other DirectShow based player. Hardware MPEG decoders such as the Hollywood Plus, DXR3 and DXR2 are not able to play DivX neither on the PC nor the TV. The only way to watch the resulting file on a TV is with a Video Card that supports TV-Out or with a card that is only meant for TV-Out. Playback quality is partially depended on the CPU power. Minimum requirements for DivX playback are 64MB of RAM and a Pentium II-233Mhz processor.

[FLASKMPEG] Advantages: All-in-one program, syncing guaranteed, Subtitles support. Disadvantages: Pretty slow, sound is low-volumed sometimes.

[DVD2AVI] Advantages: Syncing guaranteed, bset quality, medium speed, VKI support. Disadvantages: Not for newbies.

[MPEG2AVI] Advantages: The fastest encoder available, for both Intel and AMD. Disadvantages: Perfect sync is not guarenteed. Manual syncing may be required.

[DivX 4.0] Advantages: The newest best codec available. 2-Pass-VBR based encoding. Disadvantages: I really can't think of any.

[NANDUB] Advantages: Smart Bitrate Control, VKI, Fast, 2-Pass Encoding. The BEST. NEW: Newbie Friendly! Disadvantages: Alot of options to mess with.

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