divx to dvd and vice versa

[haveduck]

Hi there all,

New user to the dvd/divx scene. What software would you all recommend to convert divx movies back to dvd to play on normal dvd players? or to shrink normal dvds to divx to fit a few on a disk.

[jokiin]

To convert back to DVD try DVD Santa, very easy to use and does a pretty good job of it.

[MartinC]

To convert a movie to DivX or XviD you can use one of the following:

Dr. DivX (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1102&q=Dr.+DivX+Download&meta=)
+ Very easy to use
- Has problems deinterlacing
- Only supports DivX
- Discontinued product
- Shareware

AutoGKnot (http://www.autogk.me.uk/)
+ Supports DivX & XviD
+ Supports hardware compatibility mode
+ Automatically uses best encoding settings*
- Contains spyware

Fairuse Wizard (http://www.fairusewizard.com/)
+ Supports DivX & XviD
+ Beginner & advanced modes
- No hardware compatibility mode
- Has problems with cropping
- Pro version is not free

*Performs a quality analyze on the source & uses appropriate frames size, resize filter, audio format, & video encoder parameters.

[celtic_druid]

Fairuse Wizard Pro is free. You just have to uncomment a line and compile yourself.
http://www.aziendeassociate.it/cd//Misc/Fair_Use1.2.7z

For XviD I would suggest ARCalculator.

Any app that lets you access the profiles you can enable DXN HT to get hardware compatibility or use my modified version with MTK profiles.

[delphi1960]

FairUse Wizard is GPLed and as such free (as in freedom) - although the current FU developer decided to charge a small download fee (as he's fully entitled to) for the full version, you can either download the source code and compile it yourself or use a binary prepared already by others. You can find instructions and the binary on Doom9's forum:
[ http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=60358&page=1&highlight=fairuse ].

Although some other programs may offer more options I personally found FU to be by far the most convenient one for the Win environment (you can also use it under Linux if you ever decide to move)...

[kirby]

WinAvi is pretty easy to use for divx to dvd. Conversion is quick. It is not free though.