TO VHS and beyond!

[dizzynoodle]

hello,

an old question to many! but what is the best way for me to transfer a DIVX movie onto VHS? I have a G200 marvel

thnx

[Dr Mordrid]

Either;

Transcode to MJPeg and export it

or

buy a G400/G450 card so you can have DVDMax. It can play properly formatted DivX straight to the vidout. Properly formatted = a rez even divisible by 32.

Dr. Mordrid

[Indiana]

And if it's not a size dividable by 32 there's still a patch out that enables DVDMax on these files as well.

[Dr Mordrid]

Yes, but I haven't tried that patch myself yet. Until I do I'm not recommending it in posts....

Dr. Mordrid

[Indiana]

It worked well here in Win2k. Never tried Win98 though, but since this thing is not that complicated - it simply adds some pixle to both borders of the video, making it's size dividable by 32 (I suggested such a workaround some time ago), I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work.

[Dr Mordrid]

True enough, but remember you're talking to a dyed-in-the-woll conservative here

Dr. Mordrid

[cjyo~]

I would highly recommend AGAINST transcoding to mjpeg. (Doc???) Though it doesn't compare to the beautiful dual-head output, I just show the Marvel desktop on the TV, then play the divx full screen (in PC-VCR or whatever - I use PowerDVD actually). I've made plenty of tapes of old shows that way on my Marvel G200TV (last week, in fact). Be sure to change your Advanced Properties: Monitor Setting to fill the tv, so you don't get black or green borders around the edges.

I'm sure it will look better than transcoding highly compressed video. That's what the tv-out is for!

[dizzynoodle]

cjyo~

what connection are u using for audio, r u going thru Blue Box or straight out of audio card ?

[cjyo~]

I go s-video out of the BOB (blue box) and straight out of the soundcard to the SVHS deck (with a radio shack mini-stero to RCA cable).

[Dr Mordrid]

Might work indeed. Of course I wouldn't use DivX anyhow. Over many hours I finally gave in to the fact that MPEG-2 is better overall for archiving video with any decent quality.

Dr. Mordrid

[misery]

can you refresh my memory please..
DVDMax will output video made with any codec (except the interlace bugged HUFFYUV)? And this is better than using the DualHead Clone to output videos to tape?

[dizzynoodle]

you mean using a G400MAX, which i have in the office ? is there a special plu that plugs into the 2nd VGA slot of the card that alloaws me to connect to video recorder ?

thnx

Dizzynoodle

[Aryko]

Your G400MAX should have come with a dualhead dongle which lets you attach either another monitor with the VGA portion of the dongle or a television with the composite (RCA) portion of the dongle.

When it's attached, just go to display properties, settings, advanced settings, dualhead, and select "dualhead clone, dvdmax, or zoom"... then check "use dualhead dvdmax".

From then on whatever is in your media application will output fullscreen to your secondary display. Magic!

- Aryko

[Hulk]

Doc,

I agree with you about archiving to MPEG II. When you consider space/quality/smooth playback MPEG II is better than DivX. Full res DivX at 1500-2000 bitrates stutter a bit on my PIII850.

Although MPEG II does require more bandwidth, the resulting file plays back on almost any system smoothly.