[MEncoder-users] encoding divx for Dimarson standalone player

[Grozdan Nikolov (openSUSE Linux)]

On Saturday 22 March 2008 15:47, Towncat wrote:
> >> What settings should I try to make the movie playable in the
> >> standalone divx player?
> >
> > -ffourcc DX50
>
> I am a little confused. Can I use the same option with the x264 codec?
> (I get a "header damaged" error from mplayer when trying to play an .avi
> encoded with this option, so probably not.)

no, you can't

>
> Would it be possible to play an h264 encoded file in the standalone
> player? (It can already play .avi-s encoded with -ffourcc DX50 and lavc
> and the mpeg4 option.)

not if your player doesn't support AVC

>
> Or, when I encode with lavc and the mpeg4 option, does this use h264
> encoding? Or divx4/5? Sorry if the questions are silly, I just would
> like to understand the concepts and how it works.

lavc's mpeg-4 is DivX/MPEG-4 SP/ASP. This is not the same as x264 which is AVC

>
> Thanks,
> 	tc
>
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