[MEncoder-users] divx 2 mpeg2

[Alejandro Vargas]

2009/1/28 philippe monroux <phi2-monroux at wanadoo.fr>:
> Hello all
>
> A friend of mine has a 25 min long divx video (for instance he don't
> know the audio codec). He want I transcode
> this video in such a way he can play it with the largest range dvd
> player (even old one). What video codec can I use ? mpeg2 ?
>
> If mpeg 2 is the best choice, is divx-->mpeg2 supported by mencoder ?
> And which container can I use (perhaps it depends of the audio codec) ?

There is a script named "tovid" (http://tovid.sf.net/) that makes
different conversions and even generates the xml file for dvdauthor.