DVD to DivX convertor anyone?

[craigyj]

Evening,
I got a WD Elements Play today and tried in vain to load some DVD's on.I phoned my friend who informed me that I need to convert these to DivX-can anyone point me in the direction of such a program either freeware or the like-must be reasonably easy as I'm new to this type of decoding.No wonder my Peep Show wouldn't play from it,all juddery just like my ability!!All help gratefully received,
Best wishes,Craig,Nottingham.

[oep]

Avidemux - Main Page

[craigyj]

Thanks OEP,
which one on the Windows system,will any do?
Craig.

[craigyj]

OEP,
downloaded the Zip file,extracted it but no install or exe file;any ideas?
Criag.

[craigyj]

What a div;install file first download-now for the real fun-doing it me sen!!!
Thanks,Craig.

[craigyj]

Launched it,anyone help what to do next???????

[Canker_Canison]

Never used it myself. I have DVDx to convert my DVD's to AVI.

It took me a while to find it, but the only other thing you will need are the output settings. This varies on the DVD screen format..

2.40:1

720x296

640x264

576x240

512x208

2.35:1

720x304

640x272

576x248

512x216

2.20:1

720x328

640x288

576x264

512x232

1.85:1

720x392

640x344

576x312

512x280

1.78:1

720x408

640x360

576x328

512x288

1.66:1

720x432

640x384

576x344

512x312

1.33:1

720x544

640x480

576x432

512x384

You just check the DVD case for the format (16:9 is 1.78, just divide 16/9=1.777)

Then work out how big you want the final picture to be. My phone will take anything up to 640x360 on a 1.78 ratio.

If you get the ratio wrong the picture will be either squashed or stretched.