can you upconvert divx files??? make them 720p or 1080i/p????

[andyn1080]

is there a program that will do this? i have a few divx vids on my ps3 and they look alittle worse then a dvd......but on my pc they look like a good dvd PQ. so is there a program where i can take my divx files and upconvert them to 720p/1080p?

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by andyn1080

is there a program that will do this? i have a few divx vids on my ps3 and they look alittle worse then a dvd......but on my pc they look like a good dvd PQ. so is there a program where i can take my divx files and upconvert them to 720p/1080p?

Well DIXV file are compressed over DVD so it's normal that you're DIVX are worst than DVD. You're TV is just better than you're PC Monitor at showing detail....

If you're in 1080p, you're DIVX file should be automatically fit you're screen, so that's what his upscaling LOL! it's just that..

[Maxell]

There are no programs I know of that even work on PS3. Maybe try connecting your pc to your lcd/plasma if applicable.

But like ^he said, divx will look better on a smaller screen and can really look bad on bigger tv's/monitors.

[Neo65]

One of the basic tenets of information theory is that when it comes to entropy, you cannot create detail that is not there.

Think of each frame of the video as a matrix of pixels. Now stretch that matrix 2x2 for each pixel

Conceptually, you can go frame by frame and sketch in missing pixels from your knowledge of the video, but a program cannot have enough information in to be able to come up with a way to come up with the missing pixels in all cases.

Besides, almost every divx file I've see have severe compression artifacts, something not obvious on a smaller monitor, but is exposed as flawed on bigger monitors (even bigger PC monitors).

[bdizzle]

is divx the same as xvid??...

[Mikedo]

I could be wrong, but my understanding is that xvid is an open source program similiar to divx.

Again anyone that knows better can correct me if I'm incorrect

[Maxell]

Xvid and Divx are almost the same. Probably more than 90% of xvid's work on divx players. Xvid is Divx spelled backwards.

[WriteSimply]

To add to what others have said here, upconverting a Divx file would not yield better results. I believe that most Divx files were encoded from lossy source to begin with and not from the lossless master tapes. DVD video is compressed; Divx compresses it further. So it's an exercise in futility to want a better resolution because the files you got have already thrown away lots of useful video information.


fuad

[plee]

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

To add to what others have said here, upconverting a Divx file would not yield better results. I believe that most Divx files were encoded from lossy source to begin with and not from the lossless master tapes. DVD video is compressed; Divx compresses it further. So it's an exercise in futility to want a better resolution because the files you got have already thrown away lots of useful video information.


fuad

You can re-encode the divx file to whatever using software encoders like Mainconcept, Procoder, TMPENG, Nero, etc... as the previous post, garbage in, garbage out...