DivX Converter doesnt work ! ? :-(

I didn't know that the converter wouldn't work with Vista Ultimate 64 bit.

I have just run several files through it and converted more or less successfully.

There is a Vista annoyance over permission but that applies to 32-bit as well as 64-bit. You can also try to run in XP comparability mode.

My trial source are mpg files created from a WinTV card. I used Nero to convert to DVD format files. The standard quality file (5Mbps) converts using DivX without no quality loss. The high quality file (8Mbps) file has blocking and skips sometimes but created a smaller DivX file.

DivX Author does not like some of the original mpg files, not able to load the video. I can't see anything different in the way these where created. The problem with DivX Author is that the 16:9 are saved as 720x576 but play back as 4:3 stretched using DivX player - all on the computer. This is not a Vista problem.

Dr.DivX threats this as 720x400 but fails in the last seconds of conversion yet the video is saved, complete. However, motion is jerky, poor lip sync and it has more blocking than the conversion from the DVD compatible file and worse than the Author DivX 720x576 4:3 file.

DivX Player, under Vista 64, will play back the original mpg file (not full screen as it puts black border all around the image) but freezes on attempting to play the divx files that it converted. However these do playback under XP, by setting the aspect ratio to 16:9.

Close, but not perfect.

Hey Madriver,
The DivX software requires an operating system of Windows 2000, XP or Vista (32-bits).

Unfortunately, it will not function on any 64bit systems.
If you install it, the software will not run properly, if at all on this kind of system.

We do hope to expand our compatibility in the future; however, we do not yet have a set time frame for when this may be made available.

Updates will be provided and announced on our labs site or on DivX.com
Cheers
ciaparat