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So I’ve been playing around with DivX Converter 7‘s H.264 encoder, and here are the early results.

I first took a 350 MB, SD (624×352) XviD file and poped it into the encoder. I selected the DivX HD Plus profile to activate the H.264 encoder, as I explained in yesterday’s post, there aren’t any encoding options one can change except to put a limit on the file size (I set it at 350 MB). 

24 minutes later, the produced MKV file (of 352 MB) played flawlessly in Media Player Classic (I’m still using the ffdshow decoders, as I’m sure the DivX provided decoders will work just as well).

The next logical step was to take an HD file input and see what happens. I took an 1080p (1920×1080) XviD  file, same length as before, and ran it through DivX Converter again. Encoding took longer as expected, at 3 hours and 8 minutes. 

Quality was very good in both circumstances as expected, no difference from the (albeit already compressed) original.

From MediaInfo, the produced files were H.264 High Profile encodes at Level 4.0, with AAC LC stereo audio.  These specs should mean the file should work on the PS3 and Xbox 360, except they don’t accept MKV files. To put my theories into test, I remuxed the audio/video streams into the MP4 containers, and confirmed that the encodings do work on both of these consoles.

Update:  DivX Converter: PS3/Xbox 360 compatible H.264 Encoding Guide now up!

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