Divx 7 - In all it's HD glory!

PLAY
Plays DivX video (.divx, .avi)
Plays HD H.264 video (.mkv)
Supports AAC and MP3 audio
Includes DFX Audio Enhancer	(30-day trial)	(30-day trial)
CREATE
One-step conversion to DivX video	(15-day trial)
Outputs .divx ,.avi, .mkv files	(15-day trial)
Includes DivX Plus™ HD encode profile	(15-day trial)
Includes advanced encode settings	(15-day trial)

So DivX 7 is out, and it's optimized for all your HD content. It's the next generation of DivX technology. DivX 7 — lets you create and play full HD H.264 (MKV) videos. H.264 is a new standard that is poised to power the high definition video revolution by offering incredible visual quality, performance and efficiency. DivX 7 gives you all the tools you need to take full advantage of H.264 for a truly cinematic video experience.

No need to Download software? Online File Conversion

ZAMZAR ONLINE FILE CONVERSION!
Free Online Video File Conversion,No need to download software.

Ok, So ZamZar is taking free file conversion to the next level. They will do it for you. Now the only issues we found, is the time it takes to upload the file. Then wait for the conversion to show up in your converted inbox. Now if you're not a wiz kid at video file conversion, understanding codecs, fps and res bitrate sizes, and you don't want to buy a conversion tool. Or you've tried some of the other free programs but couldn't get it right, as with out a computer science degree, you couldn't find the Handbrake to park a great quality conversion! All joking aside. It's worth a looksie.

Ok, so some pre NewYear merryment had me a little cross eye'd but i've fix ZamZar from ZanMar.

Converting Video from Graboid.com to play on Mobile Devices

Most video files downloaded from Graboid are in the AVI format. Video files can simply be run through a video conversion program to convert to you mobiles specifications.

iPod, iPhone and iPod touch, conversion takes a MP4 format using the H.264 codec and the AAC Audio codec. Resolutions and FPS differ from each model, most one click converters will already have a pre-assigned profile for them.

Blackberry cellphones also use the MP4 format, and will also play Divx encoded files. If you take the avi file you downloaded, it will probably play, but because the file FPS and resolution are higher than that of the Blackberries screen, the video show’s choppy and freezes. Sometimes the audio lags.

STEPS:

You can find the Completed downloads path of the files you’ve downloaded under the Preferences link in the top right corner of the Graboid client.

Take the file and run the conversion.

Place the file on-to the unit. iPod type devices must have the video (MP4) placed into the iTunes directory and a re-sync can be done to update the unit. Blackberries need to have the file copied to the movies folder.

Top Conversion Tools

1. MOVAVI
2. Cucusoft
3. PQ DVD

Playing wrong resolution files on your device!

Get out of the tiny syndrome!

Over the past couple of days, I decided to take a look a what happens when you play a media file with the wrong resolution on a blackberry curve. The reason I used the curve for this test, was due to the fact that the curve is using a Divx player to play media files. This means, that any XVID, Divx converted file with an AVI extension will play with out any resolution compression.

Now the file plays! But it sucks.

Post Update: 01.03.2008

Note: Blackberry Curve 8310 only supports DIVx 4. Divx 5,6 are unsupported. If you want to have great video you need to use a MP4 Converter.. Use 320x240 Resolution. max fps is 30 .. but 23.976 fps is what you should use.

Make sure you use the mpeg4aac Audio Codec.

If you have an Ipod converter, you can use the .mp4 files from that.


The file is huge! In portable media standards that is. The file was widescreen, so the 320x240 reolution of the curve wasn't used to show the file in 320x240. It used about only 40% of the viewing area.. TINY!!

Running the file through a converter, and changing the video resolution and croping the video slightly, created a file that played in the full viewing area.

So if you are using uncoverted files, you are not only limiting the flash drive space, you are getting nothing out of the files you are watching.

It doesn't matter what portable media player you use, if you are going from, DVD to Ipod, Dvd to Zune,DVD to Iphone, DVD to Ipod Touch, DVD to Divx Portable. You need to make sure that you convert the files to the proper resolution.