Movie formats
VCD
VCD is an mpeg1 based format, with a constant bitrate of 1150kbit at a resolution of 352×240 (NTCS). VCDs are generally used for lower quality transfers (CAM/TS/TC/Screener(VHS)/TVrip(analogue) in order to make smaller file sizes, and fit as much on a single disc as possible. Both VCDs and SVCDs are timed in minutes, rather than MB, so when looking at an mpeg, it may appear larger than the disc capacity, and in reality u can fit 74min on a CDR74.
SVCD
SVCD is an mpeg2 based (same as DVD) which allows variable bit-rates of up to 2500kbits at a resolution of 480×480 (NTSC) which is then decompressed into a 4:3 aspect ratio when played back. Due to the variable bit-rate, the length you can fit on a single CDR is not fixed, but generally between 35-60 Mins are the most common. To get a better SVCD encode using variable bit-rates, it is important to use multiple “passes”. this takes a lot longer, but the results are far clearer.
XVCD/XSVCD
These are basically VCD/SVCD that don’t obey the “rules”. They are both capable of much higher resolutions and bit-rates, but it all depends on the player to whether the disc can be played. X(S)VCD are total non-standards, and are usually for home-ripping by people who don’t intend to release them.
DivX / XviD
DivX is a format designed for multimedia platforms. It uses two codecs, one low motion, one high motion. most older films were encoded in low motion only, and they have problems with high motion too. A method known as SBC (Smart Bit-rate Control) was developed which switches codecs at the encoding stage, making a much better print. The format is Ana orphic and the bit-rate/resolution are interchangeable. Due to the higher processing power required, and the different codecs for playback, its unlikely we’ll see a DVD player capable of play DivX for quite a while, if at all. There have been players in development which are supposedly capable, but nothing has ever arisen. The majority of PROPER DivX rips (not Re-Encs) are taken from DVDs, and generally up to 2hours in good quality is possible per disc. Various codecs exist, most popular being the original Divx3.11a and the new XviD codecs.
CVD
CVD is a combination of VCD and SVCD formats, and is generally supported by a majority of DVD players. It supports MPEG2 bit-rates of SVCD, but uses a resolution of 352×480(ntsc) as the horizontal resolution is generally less important. Currently no groups release in CVD.
DVD-R
Is the recordable DVD solution that seems to be the most popular (out of DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD+R). it holds 4.7gb of data per side, and double sided discs are available, so discs can hold nearly 10gb in some circumstances. SVCD mpeg2 images must be converted before they can be burnt to DVD-R and played successfully. DVD>DVDR copies are possible, but sometimes extras/languages have to be removed to stick within the available 4.7gb.
copied from vcdquality.com
There are player here in Canada that advertise they play all formats including Divx..just wondering
xvid and divx dvdplayers are everywhere…
yeah thats true, anyway lot of them don’t play some of these new movies, coz they support only older versions of xvid…
Philips DVP-642
only doesn’t play XVID when encoded with qpel option
HI
This is the best list of formats and source I’ve seen. Learned a lot.
Thanx
-But perhaos there should be something about the format for Ipod movies?
then your list would be complete!
Yes most dvd players these days can play DivX without any problem.
You could add info about KVCD, RATDVD, AVI.
WHERE DO I AQUIRE SOFTWARE/CODEX TO ENABLE ME TO WATCH TORRENT MOVIE DOWNLOADS OR CONVERT TO DVD DISCS IF ONLY SAVED FILES?
When i burn a film to disc and attempt to play on a Panasonic recorder it come up with “unsupported” - help / advice/ guidance rqd please
Hi Neil:
Check the format of the movie you have burnt to disc. DVD players can support .dat files,as far as i know. So just check your format.
All i can suggest strongly to avoid such things is to burn your movie in a different CD-RW or DVD-RW,so that you can burn the movie and try playing it in your player & see if the movie format works.Otherwise,convert it to a different format & burn it again on the same CD-RW or DVD-RW after erasing the old burn data and try the stuff again.
Good luck!
There is this really good XviD player by RJtech that has played all my downloaded content. I burn to CD-RW since they can be used 1000 times so all I have to do is erase it then add on the next movie. I bought mine from NCIX.com and this is the link.
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18711&vpn=RJ-800VXIII&manufacture=RJ%20Technology
Hey i just stumbled upon this site and find it really informative. I like how you made this technical information into something that anybody can read and understand.
Thanks
I just downloaded the nero program off of the site ( this site is one of the best) and i have a bunch of folders and tried to open them with winrar. How do i correctly install this program the way it has downloaded. Hopefuly someone can give me a step by step guide because i am retarded right now. Thanks for all the help.
Check out www.videohelp.com It has all the info for dvd equipment players - burners ect. They also have all the info for burning, converting, editing what ever you need to know.
That is where I discovered that I should have a Philips dvp-642, and Philips HTS3450 1000 watt home theater sys
check out videohelp.com for info on players and burners and about movie formats
I would like someone to explain why I can’t write a movie to DVD anymore. Still using the same programs that worked for awhile. Not wanting to complain just want to know if someone knows and if there is a fix for the problem. I could burn new and old and now nothing. Thank you in advance.
Bill Pike
Hi I am having an issue with converting bin or que formats to my portable player. It seems that the only files that are dummy proof for me is the avi format. Is there an easy way to achieve this for someone who has very Lil experience with this?
ebay has great players that play all
and you can load a ntfs hard drive in it up to 400gb so that would be over 400 divx movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what is an R5 ?
From PUKKA:
Note on R5/TC’s
Over the past 6 months the major movie studios have been releasing retail DVDs early in Russia. They do this to stop the widespread use of pirated telecines (which were once very common). Lately however there has been very few real
telecines, most of the scene telecines you see are actually R5 retails.
R5 retail is rushed out by the studio, they are basically competing with pirates, so there is little to no cleanup of the film after the telecine process. So the main difference between telecines put out by the pirates is that the r5’s are done using pro equipment, professional studios and professional people. The quality of R5 retail is very similar to dvdscr’s, no time is usually spent cleaning up dvdscrs either.
The range of quality we now have is like this.
R1/2 retail > DVDSCR > R5 Retail > Telecine > Telesync > Cam.
Vhs scr and wps, come around the ts mark (obviously differs between rls).
Hi guys, please help me sort this out! What are these hd rips for? I mean i unrar them and the make .mkv file? Read up on .mkv and cant really find an easy way of getting them on disk. Is there an easy way? or will i have to get an expensive graphics card to play from pc to hd tv? Any help appreciated, cheers, tr
i would like to know how i can put in the movie subtitles.please tell me a software for that.
“Hi guys, please help me sort this out! What are these hd rips for? I mean i unrar them and the make .mkv file? Read up on .mkv and cant really find an easy way of getting them on disk. Is there an easy way? or will i have to get an expensive graphics card to play from pc to hd tv? Any help appreciated, cheers, tr”
Tr,
My computer is an AMD 64 2000+ using an £80 nvidia graphics card and I have a long VGA cable going from my computer to my HD-TV. Using the Nvidia Nview display set-up I just set my second output from my graphics card to the TV resolution (mine’s a 1920×720 LCD screen). I can now play my HD downloads through my PC!
Oly
Oh, I’d forget burning them to single or Dual DVDs as they don’t play very well!
Oly
Hi, I have download a few torrents from here, but when i open the dowmload folder, I have the movie splitted in 30 rars and other files… how do I compose it in to a movie?
thanks.
extract the file from 1 rar and watch
i bought a philips dvd player at walmart. cost me $50 it plays everything, i just download a file, burn in on to a regular 700mb cd as data! picture perfect!
and it plays everything and anything i throw at except blu-ray and hi def
I wonder if you could give me some enlightment about XVid-HLS?
@butch:
HLS is the group that released the movie, I suppose.
XviD should be clear, right?
Hope, that helps^^
IMO, This should be updated to include HD RiPS.
I agree with #30. When I first got here, I wondered how one would be able to watch HDrips, whether it’s on a computer, xbox360, or ps3….it doesn’t have to be detailed, just in general so that visitors can use it as a stepping-stone on their quest to find more information.
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Do you have to have a Blu-Ray Burner to burn the blu-ray rips here or can you use DVDs and be able to play it on a blu-ray player. Basically…if anyone knows the whole deal on all this HD-DVD/Blu-Ray & Ripping/Burning stuff; please get back to me. Thanks!
@33
you answered to your own question in the first sentence. look hard if you cant see it.
@33 - If unsure, google it!
Does anyone know the difference betweent a regular DVD and 720p Bluray Rip. Regular DVD file is around the same file size as Bluray mkv file.
@33
Hey Unbreakable,
You’ll need to “obtain” a copy of ConvertXtoDVD in order to convert that .MKV(High-Def) video file to a burn-able DVD(.VOB) format.
Then you’ll need to “obtain” a copy of Nero 8(supports Blu-Ray writing) in order to burn the converted DVD-files(your movie) to Blu-ray disc. You’ll need to purchase some blank Blu-Ray discs, as standard DVD-5’s or DVD-9’s are incompatible.
U may also want to “obtain” yerself a copy of Cyberlink’s Power DVD7 as it supports Blu-Ray Disc playback on your PC…..good luck!
@36
John,
The difference is that 720P Bluray rips and regular DVD’s are incompatible. U are comparing apples to apple pies.
.MKV is just the Russian equivalent of Microsoft’s AVI format. U can use the VLC player to watch either format…..but….u can not(should not is more the term) burn a 720P video file to regular DVD-5 or DVD-9 discs. Just because the 720P Bluray rip will physically fit onto the DVD-5 or DVD-9 disc, “does not make it feasible to do so”.
The quality of the movie of a 720P burned onto a DVD-5/DVD-9 will “suck” in comparison to one that is burned onto a Bluray supported disc, and/or your DVD-5/DVD-9 disc may or may not even play the movie back…..good luck!
So it sounds to me that for someone who does not have a Blu-Ray player (let alone a BluRay burner), the best way to watch all of these BluRay downloads linked to here on RlsLog is to watch them on your computer at their full resolution. Or even better, have a Home Theater PC connected directly to your HD set and surround system. Correct?
I too have the old-school Philips DivX player and the only thing it doesn’t play from my .avi files are those IMAX hidef videos (I think they’re 720p). An HTPC seems increasingly like the best way to go with all of this downloadable media since:
a) the size of the HD files is huge.
b) Hard drive space is the cheapest per GB storage available.
c) It has a built-in adaptability to new formats, codecs etc.
d) It doesn’t require the financial outlay to get a BluRay burner or discs.
e) it saves time otherwise spent burning movies.
f) It allows you to DL and play both BluRay and the now-defunct HD DVD files.
g) Plus, having movies on a hard drive allows for changes to the media such as adding subtitles, new scenes, repairing out-of-synch audio at a later date. (Once the movie is burnt to disc, no changes or repairs can be made)
f) You can easily jump to any part of a movie in a second.
These are just my thoughts on the topic. Feel free to jump in and add new ideas or comments (I know you all will!)
Cheers.
…. Or maybe you won’t?
friends i have downloaded so many movies i dont know how to convert my avi file (700mb) or (1.38gb) to watchable on tv ! u can understand right i need to see it on tv from my dvd player ! please help me friends
my mail id is kishore2kcs39@yahoo.co.in please help me friends
KISHORE TO PLAY YOUR AVI FILES ON YOUR DVD PLAYER ITS QUICK TO CONVERT THEM TO DVD FORMAT AND PLAY THEM TO DO THAT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL WINAVI AND INSTALL K-LITE OR YOU CAN USE CONVERT X TO DVD AND THAT WILL WORK BUT THE BEST BET IS TO USE IS CONVERT X TO DVD AS IT CAN DO A 45 MIN SHO IN ABOUT 1.30HRS
Hmm.. and what about x264? Divx crap is dying… I can’t even look on that anymore, even dvd seems to be less attractive every day.
So if I download a Bluray movie from this site, copy the result to a portable hard drive that plugs and plays directly into my plasma TV I won’t need to buy a Bluray player?
xvid rulez!!
how can i read R5 xvid files?
My vlc player, windows media player can’t read the files
thanks!