Make a divX to Mpeg Converter - need advice

[RS_Arm]

Hi people.
I would like to do a fancy video converter.
Firstly, I would like only to convert divX files to mpeg files.
In a second stage, convert the most usual video types, like AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, etc.
Can you give me any suggestions about DLLs, References, etc., please?
Thank you.

[Chris001]

I strongly doubt you will be able to create a DivX-MPEG encoder with Visual Basic, because VB is too slow for that. The encoding process would be horrendously slow. Finding a DLL that does it for you won't be easy and even if you find it, you'll probably have to pay a lot of money for it.

[RS_Arm]

Well, I don't agree with you. For example, to play a divX file in WMPlayer, I only have to had the codec files. For sure, WMPlayer has to handle with 3rd party files. Although that, Microsoft doesn't need to buy DivX license.
My question now is: can I use the DivX codec files to convert this kind of file? Or mpeg codec (for the same purpose)?
Thank you for your reply.

[RS_Arm]

Meanwhile, I've found this file: "winmm.dll".
I know that this file is used to open video/audio files.
Is there any possibility that this DLL may be usefull to my Converter?

[Chris001]

WMPlayer just plays a video if you have the correct codec installed and Microsoft doesn't have to buy a DivX license... the user has to do that or make sure that their videos are encoded with the open source XviD codec. There are many VB examples on the internet how to play video (search pscode.com), but reencoding video means altering the actual data (something WMPlayer doesn't do), which is something totally different.