Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

CyberDoc999 reviewed v10.6.3 on Sep 18, 2016

can you say K-Lite codecs

hugh750 reviewed v10.6.2 on Aug 17, 2016

latest version crashes while installing on windows vista 32 bit, but earlier versions install fine.

ZenoLabs reviewed v10.4.1 on Nov 13, 2015

Completely useless and bloated.

Jim reviewed v10.3 on May 21, 2015

I didn't download and install from this link, but I have Divx installed, downloaded from their website. I know that Divx, at least one of its versions, does support h265 HEVC - although its outdated in the codec the software uses by about a year (HEVC 1.4.something instead of 1.5.something I believe?). I was going to give them a 4 because of that, but the guy that says Divx is old and gave them one star I figure averages us to a 3.

BANDIT- reviewed v10.1.0 on Jan 1, 2014

@MarkVS .... XviDVDivX

DivX was & maybe still Is, the Standard package for DvD players with
USB support. I would assume by now.... Most Guys have figured that
there are TV's with built in Media players, & some Excellent (cheap)
media players around... EG: Nano 3. Which will play just about ANY
Vid/Audio combination you throw at 'em. (with 1080p Upscaling) HDMI.

MKV & MP4 are now the leaders in my Book. Superb compression for
Brrip, Bdrip, Dvdrip. Easy formats to work with, & Superb Playback
Quality In both A/V... avi is good, but is Old Hand now..!! ... Only1*

nvic reviewed v10.0 on Sep 7, 2013

Codec is actually decent, but the bloatware is not.

There's better ways to get the codec without all the crap that this thing comes with.

MarkVS reviewed v9.1.2 on Jul 19, 2013

I've always LOVED the name! DivX.........I think it's funny that XviD is simply DivX backwards....... At any rate, believe it or not, I still USE these two codecs when ripping some DVD's. I find XviD pleasing to my eye more so than DivX. It seems Xvid gives a sharp almost Grainy picture that I like in some cases...........I do use the X264 codec as well...... I do not use the latest build of DivX though. It's a program called Icepine free that has the codecs so you don't get all that bloatware crap from DivX that you don't need.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v9.1.1 on May 4, 2013

Bloated and not needed

BANDIT- reviewed v9.1.0 on Apr 4, 2013

Aint used this for years.. Played out..!!

bruno. reviewed v9.0.2 on Feb 15, 2013

most people are still stuck on Windows 7...who needs Windows 9.0.2?

ZenoLabs reviewed v9.0.1 on Jan 24, 2013

Who needs it? Crap.

Zootopia3001 reviewed v9.0.1 on Jan 24, 2013

On a very rare occasion I come across a video delivery site that requires the DivX browser plugin. Problem is, DivX wants to install a bunch of crap for the plugin to actually work and more crap on top of it that you don't need. The less than 1mb download size as shown here is outright deceit. Far, far greater in size than that. Basically Divx has now had to resort to lies and deceit to get their product across in hopes that you might buy. Another year and they should be totally irrelevant. Hopefully, at least.

Aegis69 reviewed v9.0 on Nov 20, 2012

Windows 9.0 is out, Horaaayyy!!!

FatBastard reviewed v9.0 Beta on Oct 8, 2012

Any still use this old crap?

roj reviewed v8.2.3 on Jun 6, 2012

OK, so we have XviD on the low end and MKV on the high end. DivX is irrelevant now. From a playback perspective, we have Media Player Classic Homecinema and ffdshow - again DivX is irrelevant.

To top it all off, these guys want money for solutions that are easily available in easy-to-use open source apps.

What value do they add?

Endgame.

ONE star.

ilija reviewed v8.1.2 on Jan 6, 2011

The biggest problem I have with the newer DivX builds (8.0 and above) is that it wants to phone home no matter what (even if you disable the update) the thing is it phones home when the ax is loaded ie when ever I open an avi file my firewall blocks divx.ax and the bugger freezes the video player for about half a minute, this was good years ago now it's just spyware, there are better alternatives like ffdshow,

Banquo reviewed v8.1.2 on Nov 15, 2010

DivX is not bad really, but XviD does look much better and it's completely free and open source. As someone mentioned, hardly anyone actually uses divx anymore. It's all xvid and h264 these days.

krakokainer reviewed v8.1.2 on Nov 15, 2010

rikinize my yos. legits programs like this keeps it all realz

cgmark reviewed v8.1.1 on Nov 7, 2010

If you are using win7 then you just need to install the codecs, don't need the player app. Divx codecs + win7 are unique. They are media foundation codecs that support the new features in win7, not the old directshow codecs like ffdshow.

The only two things you need to play anything out there are this codec and the ac3 filter codec if you use things like ripped dvd.

Install those two and use windows media player.

PaulWilliams reviewed v8.1.1 on Sep 24, 2010

DivX used to be #1 at encoding videos at low bitrates and the format is still supported in some DVD Players, but I get the impression that they're living on their name and no long innovating. I only use it to play .divx encoded videos, but I don't find it to be as good as it should be for the price. Most people don't even use .divx anymore. I would say the Xvid Codec is better, uses fewer resources and is of course free, but personally I prefer to encode my videos in .mp4, I find the quality much better.

AlphaBetaGamma reviewed v8.1.1 on Aug 30, 2010

Works great for me. I re-compress HD MPEG2 videos that I have recorded from my cable company into smaller files that will fit on a DVD. DivX is the best I have found for that, taking about 4 hours for an hour-long 1080i show for HD 720p output. It provides a compression ratio of about 3, while maintaining good quality, and also passes the AC3 audio through unchanged. Also, it does not use all of my CPU power, but leaves about 25% free (on a 3 GHz E8400) for desktop use, so I don't get the hangups that I do with other encoders.

I like the fact that .divx files play in Windows Media Player in Windows 7 also.

us3r reviewed v8.1.1 on Aug 28, 2010

DivX 8 is such a crapware. Buggy as hell and completely useless. Avoid it!

FatBastard reviewed v8.1.0 on Jul 12, 2010

DivX is yesterday's news...

Uriel reviewed v8.1.0 on Jul 10, 2010

What the h, e, double hockey sticks were they thinking? Used Revo Uninstaller Pro to rid myself of this garbage and now use Zoom Player. They should have stuck with version 7 instead of rebuilding a player from scratch with features that are useless to most people.

cekicen reviewed v8.1.0 on Jul 10, 2010

Divx 8 is worst Divx ever.

DudeBoyz reviewed v8.0.1 on Jun 4, 2010

Frustrating and less capable than it should be. Install the Codec Pack and Windows Media Player only stutters along trying to play back MKV files. There are Open Source alternatives that handle vids noticeably better.

boelectronic reviewed v8.0 on Mar 18, 2010

Why use it all? Go for a CodecPack (e.g. one like Win7Codec Pack or Vista Codec Pack...).

Player does not a good job, convert tool is limited, codec itself only play DivX and partially Xvid, H.264 codec is not bad, can play files kinda smooth, AAC codec did not good job during Seek files, it comes with splitter needed for play .MKV files, not bad! (yet I prefer Haali Media Splitter for this).

since after install this you need other codecs for other media files (like Splitter for FLV Files etc...) I do recommend you to use a codec pack for free and easy to use codec management

CyberDoc999 reviewed v8.0 on Mar 18, 2010

I hate this version!
ffdshow is a DivX replacement. and it is way better

roj reviewed v8.0 on Mar 17, 2010

The Nero of video codecs (that's no compliment).

If you install this, do not install the player, do not install the web player, do not install the converter, do not install Chrome or any of the other malware the insdtaller tries to foist upon you (yes, I view Chrome as malware as I do all things Google) and once it is installed, go into the System Configuration Tool in Administrative Tools and DISABLE the phone-home-to-check-for-new-updates.

Oh, and uninstall the previous version first - that will minimize the turds left behind.

I do so wish someone would gut this and come up with a DivX Alternative a la Quicktime Alternative - it's time.

THREE starts.

Uriel reviewed v8.0 on Mar 17, 2010

Looks as though the new version 8.0 was completely rebuilt and it sucks. Users can no longer use the compact view option to increase screen space. The player can no longer be pinned on top of any other application or browsers. And the screen can no longer be custom resized by dragging the corners in or out.

nugro reviewed v7.2.2 on Nov 24, 2009

The only worthy thing in this bundle is the Divx H264 decoder which rival coreavc in decoding speed and is free.
Unfortunately or fortunately for us the codec is available as a separate download, so 1 stars for this bloat.

us3r reviewed v7.2.1 on Aug 21, 2009

I use only decoders from the DivX bundle. They work quite good and give good image quality. The only downsides I noticed so far is lack of the support for 64 bit OS for DivX decoder and that DivX 's AAC decoder causes some problems when rewinding or fast forwarding the video.

rotjong reviewed v7.2.0 on Jun 3, 2009

Do they ever plan on supporting Vista x64? It's been more than long enough for them to put out a version for x64. In the meantime they give me all the more reason to use Xvid on all my x86 and x64 systems which works and is free!

Thebratboy reviewed v7.2.0 on Jun 3, 2009

Well I haven't played around with 7.2 much but a couple of annoyances have been fixed.

With 7.1 after the install when it opened a browser window in IE8 the video would start to play with some video abnormalities and after a few seconds cause the browser to crash. With version 7.2 this no longer happens.

The other annoyance was whenever you ran the "Check for updates" even if you had the latest version installed it would say there was 1 new update. This too has been fixed.

Edit to Rotjong (sp) I'm using it on Win 7 RC x64 with no problems so far.

DigitAl56K reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

Check out some of the showcase content:

http://divx.com/en/downloads/divx-7-showcase

poundsmack reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

@Banquo

Divx 7 uses H.264. Thanks for playing :)

divx 7 is a huge improvement and teh HD codec has come along nicely. if you haven't been following it's development go to labs.divx.com

Banquo reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

Everyone uses xvid now, and eventually h264 will replace it. DIVX's time in the sun is pretty much over. All you need to install is ffdshow and you can play whatever you want.

ckasprzak, DIVX is an mpeg4 format. MP4 is just a container (like AVI or MKV) which among many other formats can hold divx encoded files.

ckasprzak reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

Should have went with MP4 Video format that is more widley supported.

dhry reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

"Having to install a special webplayer is an anachronism in 2009. Do they really think anyone will choose DivX over Flash or Silverlight for webmovies?"

I had to laugh at the incredible irony of this comment.

tomcass00 reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

i used this application for a while and i enjoyed it but the drivers it loads interferes with my ati wonder and causes all kinds of problems so if i want to use it i have to download it use it then uninstall it ive tried different things to alleviate the or try and get around the problem to no avail its also a ram hog as it interferes with some tsr not loading correctly

mjm01010101 reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

As irrelevant as REAL. Go away already.

knot aperson reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

wont touch it until it supports 64 bit processing

b0mmel reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

DivX 7 is just another new format. Had they used the MP4 container it would at least have been compatible with Flash and all the mobile phones and devices already MP4-aware. I guess that wasn't their intention.

They should have left the idiotic skins for their converter, player etc away. The entire suit looks like apps were 6 years ago.

Having to install a special webplayer is an anachronism in 2009. Do they really think anyone will choose DivX over Flash or Silverlight for webmovies?

DivX, please die quick!

roj reviewed v7.0.0 on Jan 6, 2009

I don't need DivX for MKV - Media Player Classic Homecinema does that out of the box. This thing is now a victim of its own success. I'll pass.

aking80 reviewed v6.8.4.7 on Sep 25, 2008

Who cares if it will support mkv? If it's not a h264 stream inside that mkv nobody is going to care. DivX + mkv? BFD.

ASP codecs are the past. Time to move on to AVC people.

photonboy reviewed v6.8.4.5 on Aug 5, 2008

Hard to rate. Works fine but I use Ffdshow. I put this on just to review it but went back to my K-Lite codec package.

*gate1975mlm,
Divx7 will not "support" MKV. MKV is a container used to join video, audio and subtitles together. It does the same job as AVI and offers more features but is incompatible with some software and hardware (such as Divx DVD players).

You can, for example take a movie with the MKV container, Divx6 video, MP3 audio and convert the MKV container to AVI. It will look and sound EXACTLY the same.

I'm not sure what the Divx7/MKV deal is but if true it would be a software or hardware video player that can play MKV and AVI container formats. I'd also look for H.264/AVC and more audio codec support from a hardware player. Software is just codec packs.

gate1975mlm reviewed v6.8.4.5 on Aug 5, 2008

Can't wait for Divx 7 which will Support The MKV Video Format!!!

Hello PS3!! :)

http://www.zatznotfunny....rt-the-mkv-video-format/

ryan858 reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Jul 29, 2008

Divx is just ripoff trialware like the above reviewers say. Xvid is honestly a better codec, and not to mention it came first.

Look at the names. Xvid, Divx. Divx is just Xvid spelled backwards. And it's not the other way, because does "Divx" make any sense? No, but Xvid does. Xvid sounds like a video codec. That's why they named it that. Divx just copied the great codec, modified it a bit (for the worse, in my opinion), flipped the name around, and made people pay for it. It’s the unreliable, poor quality, shady, pay-for version of Xvid.

It's hardly even a good marketing tactic. I mean who would honestly PAY FOR divx, when you can get Xvid for FREE. Apparently they fooled some people though, or they'd be out of business, so for that, I'll give them a 2. Good job, Divx!

CyberDoc999 reviewed v6.8.3.18 on Jul 2, 2008

once you have used h.264
you will not look back!

Diam0nd reviewed v6.8.3.9 on Jun 6, 2008

Spyware, bloatware, crapware. Did I miss anything?

MickyFoley reviewed v6.8.2.9 on May 17, 2008

@Zebets: Proof? Do a encode with the correct BPP (not BR!), crop it correctly and use the lanczos resize. Also do a 3 pass encode set the correct options.
The time is over for XviD, believe me. To decode, maybe there is a future of the XviD coded.

I am a skilled encoder and can say: DivX gives a lot more quality to the same result, than XviD does.
In the past, you're right: XviD !WAS! the best.
But now: DivX is again the best codec to use. Trust me.

Diam0nd reviewed v6.8.2.8 on Apr 8, 2008

Not a bad coder, but unfortunately the suite is a complete piece of crappy bloarware.

Zebets reviewed v6.8.2.8 on Apr 8, 2008

XviD has better picture quality and is open source, I try to avoid DivX whenever possible but it's not terrible. At least not now, the older versions were pathetic. Doesn't really matter, h.264 beats both of them easily. The only thing DivX has going for it is compatibility with standalone players but that is changing. Even the PS3 and 360 can play h.264 files now, standalone DVD players will follow.

Qlib reviewed v6.8.0.30 on Jan 30, 2008

its DivX.. so.. guess its descent.... why the heck does betanews censor d.e.s.c.e.n.t.?.. it turned into ok--

photonboy reviewed v6.8.0.30 on Jan 15, 2008

I'm wrong already...

Apparently DivX has managed to make some deals for video downloading. Sony has added the DivX codec to its PS3 for this reason so I'm wrong to say it's going to fade away.

Good for the DivX people, however DivX can never be the same potential quality of AVC, especially in Standard Definition. High-Def downloads should look pretty good though.

Having said that, I'm not sure how this application should be rated. If I personally encode any DVD's it will be Nero Digital AVC format and soon will be formatted to be read on a BluRay machine (and my PC). So I only see the long-term usage for this application for a few companies encoding for DivX downloads. (It looks like DivX is trying to go the same path MP3 did via the iPod.)

So, by the time I got around to encoding my DVD-Video collection as DivX I'd decided on AVC, and by the time I thought to do that I just decided to direct-copy "as needed" on a portable media player with a hard drive.

And sorry for all the typing..

photonboy reviewed v6.8.0.19 on Jan 4, 2008

Divx isn't dead yet, and a lot of good work has been done on it. I've seen some fairly impressive conversions in both standard and high-def.

Let's be honest, Divx primarily stems from illegal video downloading and that's the main reason for the sale of Divx DVD players. However, unlike the iPod's similar start with the MP3 format, Divx will not last. I have to give credit to considerable efforts to keep the codec going, but we don't WANT multiple codecs. We want H264/AVC so that we can burn to a DVD5/9 or BD/HD disc and play on our HD-DVD or BluRay machine.

Should you "invest" in DivX?

I have a DivX DVD player hooked up to my HDTV but I mostly use my computer which is also hooked up. If I go travelling, I'll most likely just take a collection of purchased DVD's. Compressing sounds interesting for travel and backing up but in reality it's a pain for a large collection, not to mention the loss of the extra Anamorphic quality even before the inevitable conversion loss. With hard drive storage getting cheaper most people will simply copy their collections directly. That's my plan. Even if I get a portable media player, I'll wait until it can read my copied DVD. I just can't be bothered to convert. I've purchased thousands of hours of videos (many on Sale like Smallville at $15 per season) but it makes converting seem awfully time consuming.

Even as a computer geek I've given up on DivX. If I get a video camera I'll record H264/AVC and end up using Nero to make a BluRay formatted disc (on DVD-9 discs for now); yes, you can put High-Def video on a DVD-9 or 5 disc but it won't play on a regular DVD player of course.

Summary:
I think a lot of great work has been done on DivX. However, I think it's mainly going to hang on due to illegal downloads and some vain attempts at online videos etc to keep the codec alive.

As a computer nerd, It seems that there's still a lot of confusion over formats but I hope to see programs like Nero take the confusion out.

I'm really hoping to see a program that can easily convert any codec/container to H264/AVC (SD or HD) and burn for BluRay readability. Unfortunately, I have not YET seen a single program that can take all the various formats out there. However, if we are only talking about LEGAL videos the situation is different, isn't it?

So, anyway, I've thrown out any videos of questionable legality and purchased my DVD's from Amazon, I intend to buy a digital camera to record in H264/AVC and my money's on BluRay to win. If you have to purchase a Divx DVD player I recommend Oppo, but I'm heading towards a hard-drive based Media Server that I can access via computer and HDTV which simply plays my directly copied DVD's. I think a DVD player which can automatically backup an inserted disc to your Media Server will catch on. Portability should be as easy as using an iPod.

Wikipedia is a great online source for information of all types. I recommend setting your upper-right Search Engine to Wikipedia as default and start learning.

digitalking reviewed v6.8.0.19 on Dec 31, 2007

When watching 1080p .mov files with the Quicktime alternative codec installed and the Divx player, it blows away the competition on midrange PCs, with midrange or low end video cards. The 1080p movies play flawlessly, with no audio sync issues or dropped frames. Not sure how they do this and VLC and Media Player Classic(comes close) cannot.

bolaris reviewed v6.8.0.19 on Dec 29, 2007

Old, old and then some. It will fade, give it time. H.264 is the best at the moment, but once its truly spread mainstream the free x264 will be the xvid of the future..

Skyfrog reviewed v6.8.0.19 on Dec 27, 2007

Xvid is the best, Divx is proprietary and costs money and the picture quality isn't near as good. Anyone who says xvid is buggy is an idiot that doesn't know what they are doing or a divx fanboy if you can believe such a thing exists.

Not that it matters, h.264 is going to replace all anyway.

roj reviewed v6.8.0.19 on Dec 27, 2007

A necessary evil.

THREE stars.

seier reviewed v6.8.0.11 on Dec 5, 2007

The most important thing to note is that fastforwarded videos no longer wind up upside down. This was horrendous in 6.7 and even after I uninstalled 6.7 and then re-installed 6.51 the problem remained. By the way neither DIVX nor XVID are the best video codec from a quality/compression standpoint H.264 is, because it's able to track and compress 4 separate moving objects from one frame to the next. DIVX is good, because it's pretty darn good and has ubiquitous support in both hardware and software. Also if you post videos anywhere please don't RAR them first it's just a huge waste of time you save about 2% and then nobody can preview the video until they've downloaded the whole thing. A lot of MKV files use H.264 as well as MP4. It's the reason QuickTime movie trailers look so great.

frodo888 reviewed v6.8.0.11 on Dec 4, 2007

DivX is the best, XviD is crap and buggy.

Banquo reviewed v6.8.0.11 on Dec 4, 2007

Xvid encoded videos look better, and it's free.

yokozuna reviewed v6.8.0.11 on Dec 4, 2007

I like it much.

DivX codec is IMO better than XviD because it supports SSE2/SSE4 and multicore architectures (therefore Intel uses DivX codec as benchmark for Penryn), so it is really fast if you use a newer CPU. What is nice in this release: it supports custom MPEG matrices, so one can use for example these made by Sharptooth for XviD. I use it in combination with FairUse Wizard (Celtic Druid compilation - it is free) and I have to tell that the results are only a bit worse than these achieved by x264, however, DivX is around 2-3 times faster.

@zridling, DivX Inc. had a giveaway for almost two months, so one could obtain the license for free. I did not pay anything for the package. BTW, the new giveaway started yesterday, so one can obtain the key for free: http://www.divx.com/dff/

SteveJohnSteele reviewed v6.7.0.26 on Nov 21, 2007

bmh67wa previous version works on Vista with a few limitations (I've found)

1. WebPlayer will force Vista Basic mode
2. Dont use any monitor profiles or you get purple colours

I have Proview monitor and nVidia graphic card, did NOT install the drivers for the monitor, just used the generic PnP ones from Microsoft and no purple

of course newer versions may well solve these problems :-)

some guy reviewed v6.7 on Sep 23, 2007

I still like media media player clasic to play in, but check out the divx site called stage 6 and create a account upload your divx or avi for free :)

Point Zero reviewed v6.7 on Sep 21, 2007

DivX is crap. Xvid is so much better.

zridling reviewed v6.7 on Sep 20, 2007

This is good. Let's you create your own HD movies (er, the Pro version does, pardon me).

anomoly reviewed v6.6.1.336 on Sep 10, 2007

I compressed a dvd to *.divx and it came out great.
When I actually buy a "divx" player will give a better review.
Why even bother with divx extension when avi is the standard??

bmh67wa reviewed v6.6.1.336 on Sep 9, 2007

What? It's still not Vista ready? When are these guys going to catch up?

improvelence reviewed v6.6.1.336 on Sep 7, 2007

The DivX corporation has always been shady. Who needs this when you can use FFDSHOW or even NERO digital decoder.

photonboy reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Aug 27, 2007

When I saw "format conversion" I expected something more than what I got. However, some Divx points:

1) This new version continues HD support. I'm not really sure where Divx HD is going. There's really no futuer in Divx HD. Everything's going AVC. The people that have the expertise to "backup" their BluRay and HD-DVD files are using AVC. Also, for digital hand-held video players it's all about AVC.

If I want to back-up High-Def I wouldn't use Divx HD. It's possible that Divx is hoping to gain Divx HD DVD Player sales from BluRay or HD-DVD rips. Not likely, since people will buy these machines, and, if they do use illegal copies, it'll be AVC that their machines already can decode.

2) Xvid and Divx are really no different on paper. There is a "Home Theater" standard for standalone Divx DVD Players. Since the standards are set, they have fiddled around with tweaking to improve quality, but both are limited by the existing standards. (again, AVC blows Divx/Xvid away)

3) Maybe not a Divx standard, but rather an AVI one (AVI's is the Container used for compatibility with Divx DVD players. Other containers like Matroska can do Anamorphic but only work on your computer), there's no Anamorphic support so when you backup you automatically lose quality. (You lose 25% to be exact, before the losses due to converting to Divx from MPEG2.)

I've looked at the latest encoder. I could write more, but quite frankly where is Divx heading? A history lesson reveals stores with Divx-only discs players in stores which were shortly thereafter displaced by DVD-VIDEO.

Divx saw a resurgence driven almost entirely by the illegal ripping and uploading of DVD-Video Movies and TV Series as well as broadcast video. The Divx DVD Players are almost entirely used to play back this content. Because of the Internet, downloading PAL and NTSC content (as both AVI and DVD-Video) was so intermixed that most machines play both formats. Heck, you can't even play a PAL DVD here normally because it has a different Region Code.

Even though Divx was seeing some profit due to this they made no effort to play back the video properly on the most used screen, the CRT TV. (see: square vs non-square) so video is always slightly stretched to the vertical. Not to mention the choice of AVI with its lack of Anamorphic support, they existed SOLELY due to a lack of other options.

Enter AVC.
AVC (aka H264/MPEG-4) is one of 3 video formats for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. If you truly want to back up your DVD collection, I'd wait and legally rip to a BluRay or HD-DVD disc when prices make it feasible. Properly done, losses should be minimal with roughly 1/3rd of the size depending on what is removed. It's a lot of work though. If Dual-Layer discs where cheaper I'd just backup that way. DVD5 aka single layer, is currently cheaper than CD's which only hold 700MB versus 4400MB for DVD5. DVD9 aka dual layer (what 99% of DVD's are recorded to) are much more money due to supply and demand. So, my future backup of my collection will be determined by disc costs and time involved. (another option will be using a hard drive based media server. With 1000GB hard drives now available which hold roughly 130 uncompressed, standard DVD's this may be a better way. Tough choices, but Divx isn't on my list here anywhere. I can see myself converting my TV series like "X-Files" to AVC for my future BluRay laptop. I see both hard drive "full" DVD backups and AVC compressions happening.)

Video Divx?
So Divx, to its "credit" is trying to expand and ride the new Internet video craze (which is likely to be here forever). But what is Divx's game plan? If I'm going to use Divx I need to know there's a future for it.

Divx DVD players will fade away to be replaced by AVC equivalents. It's not the best codec around. It's "okay" but it's limited by its existing standards. It can't improve video quality without ceasing to exist. There's simply no future for Divx.

Like many people I thought about backing up my DVD collections to Divx or XVid. When I realized how much quality is lost it became a non-issue.

Divx has most likely hit its peak and will begin to fade away. You'll be able to judge this by the number of Divx DVD players. I don't expect it to disappear over night but the writings on the wall.

radiomaffia reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2007

DivX has made one mistake!DrDivx was first shareware and the crowd begain to discover Xvid and then it was allready too late for DrDivX when they suddenly turned DrDivx into open source software.
Xvid is also better with compressing, I allways use the the Video Bitrate Calculator 1.0 from weethet.nl before I start by the way. DivX is history for me and every thing sticked to it(included the PlaYa), sorry!

improvelence reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2007

Complete crap, doesnt give you any advantage over FFDSHOW, plus any system with NERO installed can use their included codec to play any Divx Mpeg-4 file anyhow. Do not install this skank-ware.

Latz ! reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2007

Proprietary crap, use xvid instead (until the FAR superior *.264 codec is more widely supported.

Point Zero reviewed v6.7 Beta 1 on Aug 24, 2007

Still the same ugly crap. And it ain't freeware, it's burglarware !

horsecharles reviewed v6.6 (1.0.0.306) on Aug 11, 2007

I'll let others make up their own minds / add perspective, but...
look at what one gets when clicking Products: http://www.divx.com/products/

photonboy reviewed v6.6.2 on Aug 1, 2007

There's absolutely nothing wrong with the Divx decoder. Some people may prefer Ffdshow and I definitely wouldn't use deblocking for either except in rare cases of extremely poor quality cartoons but otherwise it's a solid decoder for its intended purpose.

I can't see any difference between Divx and Ffdshow. I personally love the "Zoomplayer" video player as I can very easily adjust the color etc. of the video.

(This is the "free" version so details related to encoding should not affect the rating.)

Buggle reviewed v6.6.2 on Aug 1, 2007

For encoding DivX has long been surpassed by Xvid and nowadays the different AVC encoders (Nero, x264). DivX could be helpful in the low bitrate range, although Xvid also holds their own there. But taken price into account there is no need whatsoever to use DivX over Xvid, since the latter is free and creates overall better picture quality.

You might say, why the 3 stars? The decoding filter is of very high quality. In my opinion the DivX filter has the best decoding picture quality of them all. Of course in comparison to the ffdshow filter at a cost of higher CPU usage, but hey, you want the best looking video, don't you?

fredlkrue reviewed v6.6.2 on Jul 31, 2007

all you need is CCCP... which uses FFDshow...

AlexisJiron reviewed v6.6.2 on Jul 31, 2007

The only thing I need from this is the DivX Web Player as there are a site a visit with free (good) content on streamable DivX format. However it's more easy to let the browser install the plugin. :)

To play vids I prefer the great FFDShow that support a lot of formats and use much less CPU.

Alex Stevens reviewed v6.6.2 on Jul 31, 2007

Proprietary garbage. Go download xvid and be happy because it's free and open source (you don't have to buy a license to encode your own files) and the picture quality is MUCH better than this crap. It was of course based on an older open source version of divx but they have improved it tremendously. Divx isn't even worth reading about. Everyone should just stop using it and let it die and be forgotten.

Trendecide reviewed v6.6 on May 4, 2007

- Doesn't work on Vista (what a coincidence that none of their partner's software [Roxio] supports Vista yet either... hmmmm).
- They refuse to incorporate and adopt new technologies.
- 6.6 is the first release in MANY months.
- Developers are no longer responding to the community.
- The just separated the software package into individual software pieces, consequently costing significantly more money.
- Classic example of a company that had something great and turned it into crap.

I was an avid supporter of DivX [and Roxio] for many years until the company went completely silent over the past six months and then spent literally ALL their time on a retarded website called stage6.

Goodbye DivX.

Registered reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 20, 2007

DivX, well what can i say,

I've done many many tests,

and it comes down to this,

on average Xvid is superior UNLESS,

your willing to increase DivX to it's maximum setting then i have to give the crown to DivX,

however i have to stress, this does come at a sacrifice, for example, a High Action special effect film 2 hour's and 52 minutes long target size 2.2GB, MAX quality with Xvid
(Fairuse wizard "Not AutoGK") takes 4.2 hours on my rig to encode,

the same film and settings with DivX normal quality takes 4.4 hours (and the quality is inferior to Xvid,

again same film and settings with DivX MAX settings takes 18.2 hours, that's right!!! 18 hours to complete, and even though the quality is superior, at this cost of time, and the large increase in temperature inside my system, this is not worth,

but unless one wants MAX settings in DivX, then stay away from DivX, stick with Xvid, even with Max settings in Xvid, 4.2 hours is justified,

one last thing, if you are a lucky person, who has quad core's, (a CPU with 4 Core's on it) or equivalent then you may want to choose DivX, as with this much resources at hand, you will be able to MAX out DivX, and still finish in the same time (About 4-5 hours),

but lets face it, how many of us has Quad core's!!!!

for what it is (DivX), i do feel they have much to do, they have introduced many features lately which is starting to justify the cost they charge, but i still feel for the average user Xvid is still more than enough,

and i fear for DivX, because by the time people on average have at least duel core CPU, mpeg4 AVC will be the norm, and Xvid developers are already designing software in that region (Xvid 2.0) so how long DivX will last for is another matter, but they better start thinking about getting into the mpeg4 AVC standard, because in the next 3-5 years, that will be what people will be using,

gave a 2 score, because of the stability DivX now has,
but i can't give more because of Xvid still being the better choice, for speed, simplicity, and because it doesn't cost a penny,

1 last thing,

the new nero has the ability to change the FOURCC on files (just the header, does not alter the file itself) to make AVI files DivX certified,

sjc001 reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 19, 2007

Is this Vista compatible?

Banquo reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 19, 2007

On the contrary, I've found DivX files to be much more pixelated regardless of the quality setting, XviD clearly has better image quality. Also unlike XviD, DivX is NOT open source, nor is it free.

ajsaragosa1979 reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 19, 2007

With Xvid you loose some image quality for compression, over Divx.
Not to mention Xvid codecs aren't fully compatable with Divx DVD players.
There is nothing wrong with using Divix, the decoding codec itself is just as free as Xvid, both codecs play eachother. You just need to open your eyes during the installation process.
Like you have to for 99% of other software as well...
Unlike what Banquo says, Divx is free, you only have to pay for the pro version of the codec, and for the converter. but the codec and player are free. and so is dr. divx for encoding. so Banquo's point is moot on most aspects...

Skyfrog reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 19, 2007

4 letters, XVID.

Yochanan reviewed v6.5.1.1 on Mar 19, 2007

NOD32 2.7 says this contains a variant of Agent.QT trojan. Er?

huapcn reviewed v6.5.1 on Feb 5, 2007

I want to know if I use this latest DivX version and render a movie,if my customer donnot install this version,CAN he play this movie correctly?
Thanks!

y0himba reviewed v6.5 on Jan 26, 2007

Read the EULA, it states the information is sent for advertising and marketing purposes. DivX is yesterday. XviD provides more options, and a better compression algorythm, and is FREE.

BTW this is NOT freeware, it s ADWARE, or Shareware.

roj reviewed v6.5 on Jan 26, 2007

If we install programs that come shipped with GARBAGE we don't want, we invite companies to continue this dubious practice. If we don't, we send a clear message:

"DON'T DO THAT CRAP!"

It's very simple:

Stop installing programs that come bundled with garbage you don't want. Period. That will at the very least force companies to develope installs that don't do this. Nero is a case in point. The bozos at DivX need to be taught this lesson. So do complacent twits who accept that "all programs today come bundled with something".

To add insult tin injury, content that played fine with earlier versions now causes WMP and Media Player Classic to CRASH.

ONE star for a vendor that builds an overpriced POS and needs a reality check reminding them that they work FOR customers.

slinkys_delsol reviewed v6.5 on Jan 26, 2007

Hey "jk-"

You know, if you do a "Custom Install" (Or actually payed attention to the install process) you do nto have to install the Toolbars they package.

Also, if you install is taking 20+ minutes, you either have to upgrade your Pentium II to something current, or get all the Spy / Malware off your PC.

All software now comes packaged with something else, YOU just have to have the skill to not install what YOU don't want.

roj reviewed v6.4.1 on Dec 12, 2006

Am I the only one getting SPORADIC crashes in Windows Explorer when viewing video files with the 6.4 releases? Ever since I put 6.4 in , it's been silly. 6.4.1 didn't cure the problem.

Back to 6.25 for me until they get their act together.
THREE stars for silliness that happens far too ften with releases of this codec (and never with XviD).

photonboy reviewed v6.4.1 on Dec 3, 2006

There is very little difference between Divx and Xvid. I think that it is likely that neither can be drastically improved due to the fact that they need to remain compatible with the existing hardware.

(I still give it a "4" because I really enjoy my Divx player and a properly encoded video can look very good on my Sony HDTV)

I only use Divx for encoding (and then only Dr. Divx 2 with the Divx6 encoder). The media player sucks; there's lots of better ones available. I use Ffdshow for divx decoding and the Xvid decoder for Xvid.

H.264 (aka AVC), a similar codec is superior in every way except for portable Divx or DVD Divx player compatibility. The H.264 codec will replace Divx/Xvid eventually and is readable by computers, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD and the Sony PS3 (if not now, soon).

H.264 can encode video to approximately 60% the size of divx/xvid and still have better quality. Despite this I still encode video in Divx6 for my Pioneer Divx DVD player. (I mainly recode high-def TV downloads that exceed 720 in width)

jk- reviewed v6.4.1 on Nov 30, 2006

divx is full of adware and spyware.. it automatically, without asking, installs packet filters that screw up your cd & dvd drives (which you CANNONT uninstall). It tries to send a lot of IP packets to divx servers on installation and if you unplug your network cable it wil purposely take 20 minutes longer to complete the installation. Avoid this!

xvid is 100% better and free.

constust reviewed v6.4.1 on Nov 30, 2006

xvid is better
stop encoding in divx please

Bagobie reviewed v6.4 on Oct 16, 2006

wtf dude? What's an easier encoding app than AutoGK?
And if you're looking to do more advanced encoding I'd stick w/ Gordian Knot or StaxRip

RaGhul reviewed v6.4 Beta 1 on Oct 5, 2006

This is why FileForum rocks!!

U can't find this standalone codec ANYWHERE!
Who wants to dnld 15 megs worth of crap from DivX, most of it just trialware?

As for the format: Wish the studios would support it. But as we all know, they're not too bright.
I'd love to be able to buy a miniDVD with 2 or 3 flicks on it, wouldn't you?

Instead, they insist on making higher and higher capacity formats, just to sell more disks. Sure, 15, 25, or even 50 gigs is great for backups. But is it really necessary just for ONE movie? Especially when you could put SEVENTY movies on the same disk with MINIMAL video loss?

DudeBoyz reviewed v6.4 on Oct 4, 2006

As for the world needing a better encoding utility, DR DIVX is pretty darn simple.

Still, all the stuff in this package, save the codec itself, seems too invasive.

mjm01010101 reviewed v6.4 on Oct 3, 2006

The world needs a stable, UI friendly encoding utility. Divx isn't quite there, but it's lightyears ahead of most. I keep seeing guides pointed to on doom9 but they are horribly written, incomplete, technical gibberish. Fine, I guess I'm not an encoding geek, but it would be nice if there was a single, User friendly app that can take a personal DVD or file and be able to encode it so I can host it on youtube/google video. Right now I need to do a combination of divx, windows movie maker, dvd encrypter/shrink, etc.

Points knocked off for a user interface that isn't compatible with large DPI fonts.

photonboy reviewed v6.4 Beta 1 on Sep 28, 2006

It's very hard to test but I see no problems.

FYI:
1) Divx may not the "best", but it takes time to change hardware. Look at Cable TV. There's Divx DVD players. In fact, look how long the VHS lasted or Standard Definition CRT TV's for that matter. No, Divx has a few years left. Heck, they still sell VHS tapes.

2) The H.264 AVC (Nero's got a Digital AVC version) is only slightly superior to Divx (4% better?) but by no stretch can it encode equal quality at half size. A 700MB movie of 1.5 hours can look very good in Divx. In fact, Cable TV quality is far below the quality of DVD and a properly encoded Divx video despite the fact it is stuck using the inefficient streaming version of the MPEG2 codec.

3) It is expected that many people buying High-Def players will actually use a computer for this task. A video card and suitable Blu-Ray or HD-DVD reader is all that is the minimum needed. It is unclear whether this will hasten the demise of Divx or keep it around longer since all video formats will be playable. Either way, it will be a while before most users have High-Def but then people really into video like divx are likely to represent a high percentage of early adopters.

Dr. Divx 2, the Divx encoder and a Divx DVD player or Divx media player is still a great way for portable video. The Digital AVC format compatible with Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players will slowly win over Divx but not over night.

Divx, xvid (and likely all compressed formats including the H.264 AVC codec) do not display correctly on Standard TV because they are coded for square pixels. Despite this, most Divx DVD players are probably still sold for Standard TV. I'm shocked at this major oversight. Compare the aspec ratio between any computer monitor and a regular TV if you don't believe me.

photonboy reviewed v6.3.1 Beta 1 on Aug 30, 2006

There are simply better apps. For codecs, use ffdshow and AC3filter ( www.free-codecs.com )then add subtitle support or other codecs as needed. WMPClassic (free), WMP10/11 (free) and Zoomplayer (not free but the best app. especially the Pro WMV) are examples of great alternatives. VLC uses its own codecs and is a great, free media player for just about everything (including DVD).

I would never use the Divx Player and I have thousands of Divx/Xvid apps.

For Divx, I use the encoder and Dr. Divx 2 to do the encoding.

kyleabaker reviewed v6.3 on Aug 5, 2006

Great software! Very convenient. The fact that most of the files you'll be watching in it can be downloaded in less time than other formats makes it an attractive video player to me.

However, like lalf already mentioned. It is very feature rich. They add-in a lot of features that are otherwise useless to me. This product would get 5 stars from me if they created a lite version of the player and made it available alone, without the other bundled products.

spiked reviewed v6.3 on Aug 5, 2006

This 6.3 bundle still contains the 6.2.5 codec so don't bother unless you actually like the DivX Player. The Player has only a few fixes and "improvements" (which is apparently the same as a fix but for problems which could be blamed on someone else; for example, the Player now handles audio-video sync better when the file you are playing has been damaged or encoded in a non-standard way). The sole new feature in the Player is integrated upload to stage6.divx.com (a site similar to Google Video except -surprise!- all the videos use DivX).

zridling reviewed v6.2.5 on Jun 15, 2006

Why would you ever use TMPGEnc to create a DivX or XviD vid? It's lousy and buggy. I love this with one exception: they bundle that Firefox crap in their installation that forces you to say do NOT install. Otherwise, a solid suite.

PS: They still call it DivX Pro on their website, although in their newsletters they label it as DivX Create Bundle.

jinno reviewed v6.2.1 on Apr 16, 2006

Apparently they fixed compatibility issue
with TMPGEnc. I just installed 6.21 and
tested encoding. Unlike 6.2, (which freezes
TMPGEnc), Encoding started it like V6.11.

I can't say anything about quality until I
see the encoded result.

Adrian79 reviewed v6.2.1 on Apr 15, 2006

changelog?

jinno reviewed v6.2 on Apr 13, 2006

Unlike 6.113, this final version has conflicts
with TMPGEnc XPress v3.0.3.24.
Encoding does not happen. (aka it virtually
kills encoding. Cancel Encode does not even work.
You must kill process from Taskmanager)

I went back to 6.113.

lalf reviewed v6.2 on Apr 12, 2006

Too feature-rich for my blood

I used to love the DixXPlayer6 for it's speed and ease of use, but ever since they added the burning/media organizational-features, it has become unattractive alone due to the slow response and start up of the player compared to the standard Windows Media Player. Make those extra features optional plugins and I'm back in - just love the design :)

As for the rest, it's okay I guess. Didn't experience any difficulties before, don't see any increase of speed now.

/lalf

Adrian79 reviewed v6.2 on Apr 11, 2006

good stuff

Adrian79 reviewed v6.2 on Apr 11, 2006

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/995526772/5

bouchonx reviewed v6.2.0 Beta 1 on Mar 27, 2006

It's the past... We must change to AVC like x264 better than divx, xvid...
(half a size for the same quality)

Das mod reviewed v6.2.0 Beta 1 on Mar 27, 2006

one word
"essential"

photonboy reviewed v6.1.1.3 on Mar 15, 2006

One of the WORST video players available, but improving.

Divx is based on the MP4 format but is NOT the best one available in terms of quality. Nero for example has a superior version but we're talking about the player here so Nero is not relevent.

I think their player is crap. It doesn't support many other formats like most other video players do. Zoomplayer, BSPlayer, WMP Classic 6.4.8.9, Windows Media Player and VLC Media Player are all much better choices. I use Zoomplayer Pro (with ffdshow and ac3filter) but also have VLC Media player installed as it uses internal codecs and sometimes plays things Zoomplayer will not. As for integrated burning, so what? Nero's the best choice, but there's many programs available that are easier to use. I had SEVERE problems with the audio being way too low and some files weren't supported.

Divx will hopefully continue to improve and will eventually make DivX Ultra videos with menus.

My main concern is that they can improve the codec without making the files unreadable by present readers. I also hope DivX files with menus will easily be playable (without their menus) on older players.

I see absolutely no reason to use their player or their codec at present. FFDshow works fine. VLC is the best choice for older computers with slow CPUs. However, compare it for yourself and monitor your CPU usage (CTRL-ALT-DEL). I do expect DivX to get their act together and produce an all-round great product. I honestly can't see ANY difference between codecs except for the CPU usage.

(In terms of creating, Dr. Divx 2 is a better way to go. It wasn't working for me until recently and now works quite well.)
Try www.free-codecs.com or try this all-in-one codec pack (try the mentioned video players and decide for yourself): http://www.xpcodecpack.com/

kiwibank reviewed v6.1.1.3 on Mar 13, 2006

photonboy....i tried your recipe for nero digital to avi conversion..it works very well..played on my mpeg4/dvd player a treat...very cool...many thanks for that.....as for divx...well..a 3 rating i suppose for old times sake.....i do prefer xvid...

photonboy reviewed v6.1.1 on Jan 18, 2006

Create Nero Digital MP4 and change to Divx-compatible file!

I've had a lot of issues trying to get Divx working and was sticking to AutoGK with xvid. After hearing that Nero's Digital MP4 was a better version of the MPEG-4 codec I figured out something.
1)DVD Decrypter
2)Nero 7's Recode (recode to Nero Digital)
3)use MP4CAM2AVI_v2.27 to alter the file to be divx-compatible

I've tested this on two DVD-Video's with complete success. "Charlie's Angels 2" was encoded, modified then burned to a DVD-RW at 1/4 DVD (1120MB) size and I could NOT tell the difference between the orignal DVD and it on my Divx-compatible player (LG LDA-530). I used the highest encoding settings, but I recommend trying this method on a small vob file and experimenting with the settings if you think a lesser setting will give you the best time/quality ratio.
The Nero interface is MUCH easier to use. Wow!! (MP4CAM2AVI_v2.27 does not recode. there is no loss of video quality. beyond that, I'm not sure exactly how it makes the file divx-compatible)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp4cam2avi/

rseiler reviewed v6.1.1 on Jan 18, 2006

For those who already have 6.1, this is a smaller update-only version:
http://download.divx.com.../DivXcodec611update.exe

New in this version
-Fixed a problem where some systems would crash as the Psychovisual Enhancement method was modified in the encoder configuration window.
-Improved B-frame decision.
-Improved rate control for very high bitrates.
-Fixed a problem that caused cropping to reduce performance.
-Fixed an issue where adjusting the VBV_bitrate slider in the Feedback Window would reset the VBV buffer occupancy.
-Improved Japanese encoder translations.
-Fixed a problem where the decoder may fail if both smooth playback and YUV output are enabled in the Decoder Configuration Utility.
-Fixed a post-processing issue in the decoder for multi-threading systems.
-Fixed a handle leak in the decoder.

rseiler reviewed v6.1.1 on Jan 18, 2006

For those who already have 6.1, this is a smaller update-only version:
http://download.divx.com.../DivXcodec611update.exe

New in this version
-Fixed a problem where some systems would crash as the Psychovisual Enhancement method was modified in the encoder configuration window.
-Improved B-frame decision.
-Improved rate control for very high bitrates.
-Fixed a problem that caused cropping to reduce performance.
-Fixed an issue where adjusting the VBV_bitrate slider in the Feedback Window would reset the VBV buffer occupancy.
-Improved Japanese encoder translations.
-Fixed a problem where the decoder may fail if both smooth playback and YUV output are enabled in the Decoder Configuration Utility.
-Fixed a post-processing issue in the decoder for multi-threading systems.
-Fixed a handle leak in the decoder.

mjm01010101 reviewed v6.1.1 on Jan 18, 2006

Tried this, I don't want it's player, ever on my system. I stick with K-Lite mega codec pack.

photonboy reviewed v6.1 on Jan 14, 2006

I'm not happy at all. Things actually seem to be getting worse! Since Divx appears to be the way of the future for encoding movies I thought I should use it. Well, I kept getting problems and went back to Xvid.
I finally decided to give Divx another shot as they recently made a lot of "improvements." I installed the DivX Converter Beta 2 that says "fewer bugs than any previous converter beta" and the "patch 2 for Divx 6.1 codec" thinking now that I have the latest things should go well. Wrong!!
I decided to encode Charlie's Angels 2 at 1260kbps video and 128kbps for audio. The file size was 1120MB yet was full of artifacts, very poor video in general. The aspect ratio was off and the sound was way out of sync. It should have been essentially DVD quality.

Now check out the second part. I took off Divx and ran Autogk 2.26(it won't run with Divx6.1 installed). I downloaded "Shark Tale" in normal and High Definition. I then encoded the HD version with AutoGK using the xvid codec and set the desired size to 23MB which was the same size as the posted Divx version of Shark Tale that I'd downloaded. Now guess which version was better. I'd expected them to be the same but the Xvid version was noticeably better.

The Xvid version of Shark Tale was the same size as the posted version of Shark Tale yet was significantly better than the trailer which was meant to showcase Divx6's technology!

Not only that, it was made with a free product and Divx is charging for theirs. I have no doubts that Divx6 is capable of producing the same quality of Xvid but I'm just not seeing it, or for that matter now I'm not even capable of doing it.

The only really good thing is that the newest version gave me more choices such as choosing a specific file size and choosing the audio and video bitrates. Very nice, but there's still no access to choosing "insane quality" for example nor does it confirm if it is doing two passes (I assume it is). You can do more with Dr. Divx but I can't even get that to work. So how come you can open Divx6 in Virtualdub and choose its "insane quality" setting but you can't with Divx's own "Create Bundle?"

I should be able to choose my movie, click "encode at best quality" and have a pause feature. (as well as actually working every time) Divx, if you want my money that's what you need to do. I'm also a little disappointed as I was looking forward to the Menu tools and actually downloaded them before I discovered that I need a "Divx Ultra compatible" device instead of my "Divx compatible" device to play them.

DivX, you are making me mad. Oh well, back to Xvid...

(Borreo,to answer the NO AUDIO problem. Recode the original if possible using AutoGK 2.26 set to XVid and the Auto settings. Download a small trailer from www.divx.com to test with a DVD-RW before trying a movie. The size used should be the trailer's size. If this won't work then your DVD player may be broken. You should also download VideoInspector by KC Software as it will tell you you which audio and video codecs are used as well as the bitrates)

borreo reviewed v6.1 on Dec 15, 2005

Would be really good, except that if I put the produced files in my table DivX player, there is no sound, only video.
On computer it plays fine.

Vuron reviewed v6.1 on Dec 14, 2005

It messes up all other codecs you have installed. Xvid is a 100x better than this, and it´s free and it doesn´t send player/encoding stats to divx.com, for those who liked divx player, try Media player classic (free) or zoom player

BoNeLeSS reviewed v6.1 on Dec 14, 2005

Quite good... of course xvid gives similar results and it's free, but the good hardware support and a genereous 6 months trial it deserves a two thumbs up.

yawer_arihas reviewed v6.0.3 on Oct 19, 2005

hmmmm nice not bad .... and thanks for update

photonboy reviewed v6.0.3 on Oct 19, 2005

They could have a great product. They are bragging about its capabilities to create DVD-like interfaces and customize the quality.
What we actually get is a severely limited ability to configure the options, no DVD-like interface and problems with Audio.

Divx, put your money where your mouth is!

Adrian79 reviewed v6.0.3 on Oct 19, 2005

sweet!

Blackhole8746 reviewed v6.0 on Jun 21, 2005

Great but not perfect, decoding, encoding, and especially converting are all great but too simple we need some professional options areound here...

ds0934 reviewed v6.0 on Jun 15, 2005

Funny, while everyone else seems to be negative, I always had problems with DivX player 2x and 3x crashing or locking up. 5x however, has always run fine on my XP clients. Never ever had a single problem with it. I will try 6 out, but probably on a test machine. Giving it a 4 just out of favoritism.

pforkes reviewed v6.0 on Jun 15, 2005

Wait for the 6.01 release...Player 6.0 freezes on playback and crashes when opening files from my external USB drive.

DaveBG reviewed v6.0 on Jun 15, 2005

DivX 5.2.1 Pro is the fastest for me. I don`t like the player and i never will.

tre2004 reviewed v5.2.1 on Nov 11, 2004

I gave this a ONE, Only because For the last 2 builds I havn't been able to use the Divx player. Since I have found better players, such as VLC but at the time I LOVED the DIVX player. I know the best part about Divx is the encoding and stuff.. I dont' really know much about that... so I can't rate it based on that..
If anyone knows why, when I go to play an Avi or whatever it shows a GREEN screen, and the audio repeats OVER AND OVER, and then closes.I just dont' get it.. The first time it happend I had installed Ffdshow, So I thought that might have been what caused it.. even though I didn't choose the Divx options in Ffdshow.. but now I am on a CLEAN install of XP, still not working.. If someone does know what the problem could be, please email me at dreem_katch3r@yahoo.com
Thanx

Nehemoth reviewed v5.2.1 on Nov 10, 2004

It's not freeware it's adware.

If yours leave this as it's are less you must change the description of Messenger Plus to Freeware too, but are less Messenger Plus give you the Option To Install or Not the Bundle Software...

I Prefer Xvid intead of this

lmr0x reviewed v5.2.1 on Sep 9, 2004

There is something wrong with it... Some of my video applications are now much slower compared to the last DivX version!

GeneralLeoFF reviewed v5.2.1 on Sep 7, 2004

::generic review here::

Cant think of anything to say :)

jcgamer60 reviewed v5.2.1 on Sep 6, 2004

great

Namero reviewed v5.2 on Sep 6, 2004

Divx 3.11 was great but now , Xvid is much better ! and its free

deadmonkey reviewed v5.2 on Jul 16, 2004

Excellent codec. XviD is basically the same quality but isn't as well supported on hardware devices as DivX has the certification levels. If you use it a few times a month it is worth the cash. Also Dr. DivX is a lot better now which is cool for begineer users.

madk0w reviewed v5.1.1 Updated on Feb 29, 2004

The only divx that kicks a** will always be 3.11.
I've tried a lot -and god knows- (though i'm an atheïst) of encodes, reencodes and about a million passes but nothing get to the quality i can have with xvid.

If you only plan to playback movies and not encode them then you must only installe the ffdshow codec wich plays xvid and divx with no hassle.

The new DivX sucks and will never beat the old divx back in the days when they hacked mpeg-4 codecs to get what divx 3.11 still does today. But then there was the XviD era and it has scared the scene in a way divx did back in the days. That's It.

A one star rate though i want to rate it -5 cause they make people pay for something that should be free like they ones did. Greed doesn't earn respect.

matt2971 reviewed v5.1.1 Updated on Feb 29, 2004

People are right, divx will be replaced by xvid - but at the moment xvid has a long way to go. Still the xvid playback codec does NOT work for thousands of people - you only have to look through video forums to see that. The solution for most is to run xvid movies through the ffdshow filter. But that should NOT be necessary. divx is a mature codec that works for nearly everyone - xvid needs more work if it's gonna be a codec for the masses - what percentage of people do u think actually bother to find the ffdshow solution? Those hundreds are a tiny percentage of the whole - most people would just give up and think that xvid does not work at all.

Jeffsoft reviewed v5.1.1 on Nov 21, 2003

bravo~

Jeffsoft reviewed v5.1.1 Beta 1 on Oct 21, 2003

great fixs! hope it release soon

klumy reviewed v5.1 on Sep 3, 2003

DivX Codec is well done. But the player sucks.

FailedCRC reviewed v5.0.5b on Aug 9, 2003

WRFan contrary to your rather tainted belief, the quality of xvid IS better than both divx3.11 sbc and divx5, unfortunately this extra quality comes at a huge encoding speed hit, but if you're taking the time to do a decent encode, then this isn't really an issue. The divx5 decoder filter takes more cpu time than the msmpeg4 one because it does more post-processing to the image - giving better quality (and b-frame support). divx5 is still a good product, and performs the best at low bitrates.

FailedCRC reviewed vKaukura Beta 2 on Aug 9, 2003

DivX is still the fastest MPEG4 codec and gives good quality, although it has been surpassed in quality by XviD in recent months now that the tree is very stable.

The Player on the other hand is a complete joke :)

Aleksandar reviewed vKaukura Beta 2 on Aug 9, 2003

wHY DivX player DONT HAVE subtitle option?

norky reviewed vKauehi Version on Jul 5, 2003

if any of you were talented enough to produce this, you sure wouldn't give it away for free would you.

sezz reviewed vKauehi Version on Jul 5, 2003

vis666: ViTE and others are bound to the DivX Releasing Standards - http://edonkeyfakes.ath.cx/rules/ - that's why they MUST NOT use this Codec!

golbex reviewed vKauehi Version on Jul 5, 2003

They have a creative (or maybe dumb) way of numbering their versions. Nevertheless, I find that ffdshow has everything I want in a video codec. So, I don't need this cpu hog any longer.

I'll give it another star because I used to have this and though it was bloated, it DID do the job...

ffdshow all the way!!

Metshrine reviewed vKauehi Version on Jul 5, 2003

I still get an occasional blue screen in winxp from divx. When I have a movie playing and try and adjust the codecs settings, i get a big ole BSOD. So this gets a 3 from me.

draco_1999 reviewed vKauehi Version on Jul 4, 2003

I don't know what are the quality of this codec.
The fact is that DivX Networks is playing us another marketing tric with their DivX Labs. I don't really think this site will offer great tools or codecs. They probably just intend to make us believe that they're doing their software like the XviD guys...
Stick to XviD : it is not such a commercial thing !

golbex reviewed v5.0.5b on Jun 28, 2003

The only update is in the DivX player... Of couse, more and more people are encoding videos with XViD now. Sure DivX is still mildly popular, but soon it will be a thing of the past.

Attyk reviewed vTahanea Version on Jun 11, 2003

Oh jeez. vis666 you couldnt be more off. Project Mayo is infact XVID which was DIVX deux, remember them? Get your information straight...does anyone know anything here???

DIVX 4 and 5 where seperate projects by completely different people...

vis666 reviewed vTahanea Version on Jun 11, 2003

1 thing... DivX used to be free (and they stated it would stay that way) and now it's corporate. They should realize that they would never had a breakthrough without the original MP4 codec. now that that the spyware (and yes, i hate programs that can give any kind of info of ur puter) Going from free to corporate is the biggest mistake mayo could have made. Alot of ppl lost their respect for divx.

and if the 5.x versions r that better, why aren't there any major releases done in DivX 5? If not done in XviD, it's done in divx 3.11. (and don't tell me ViTE and likes don't know anything about hardcore-encoding??)

bsf reviewed v5.0.5a on May 26, 2003

I don't hate the codec itself, because it has some basic and interesting features, and it runs on my slow 1.1GHz comp too.
but I don't see the point of the divx player.
quite a lotta people like it, and other half hate it,... what the point of it? why won't wmp 6.4 work?

Buggle reviewed v5.0.5a on May 26, 2003

I thought that I-frame bug had already been fixed with the 5.0.5 release... :S I find this a bit strange to be honest. I have always been a big fan of the DivX5 series, however after the recent codec comparison at Doom9's Xvid seems to be an even better choice... thats why I give only 4 stars.

jpmccord reviewed v5.0.5a on May 26, 2003

I like having as many codecs on this machine as possible, just because I do a lot of video work. That said, I hate any software that forces me to install any single file that I don't want installed. When is someone going to "release" a ZIP or RAR archive that contains only the codec files? Let me know...

llama reviewed v5.0.5a on May 26, 2003

I cannot believe some of these ret***s that have "reviewed" this thing... If you don't know what you're talking about, please stop wasting other people's time...

Adware/Spyware: well folks, we live in a commercial world, and some people actually try to make a living by coding software. weird concept, huh? as in, it's their f&%$ing JOB, and generally speaking, people get paid at their place of employment. so, if you don't like adware/spyware (no one does), use the g**d*** free version. it's not that crippled.

And since when is 3.11a better than divx 5? "far superior"? why don't you encode the same vid clip with both encoders, at the same bitrate, and see what happens. i guarantee that divx5 will look better and will generally be smaller... not to mention the fact that encoding in divx5 takes considerably less time.

With regards to divx5 performing poorly/skipping frames/whatever else: just like any other piece of software, as new versions come out, they become more demanding on hardware. If the hardware can't do what the user has set divx5 to do (keep in mind people, there's options for people mediocre videocards), then it has no chance of running properly.

my two cents.
llama

Richard30ky reviewed v5.0.5 on Apr 28, 2003

i forgot to mention ..adware\spyware deserves a -> 0
rating ..i have the registered version of the same thing so that is more towards my review below with 5 *****.
if dont want to spend a little on the pro no adware version which helps for future advancments and improvements then Xvid would be the way to go.

ryanvm reviewed v5.0.5 on Apr 25, 2003

Straight from the DivX site:
FIX: A bug that would cause the codec to encode every frame as an I-Frame when used with certain applications (e.g., AVIUtil, DVD2AVI, and some video capture applications).

Dirk van Hoofen reviewed v5.0.5 on Apr 25, 2003

Sorry, but why the Authors not write, 'what is new' into the versions ???

snol reviewed v5.0.5 on Apr 25, 2003

WRFan... I'm no huge fan of DivxNetworks (much prefer xvid for my encoding) but your crap about it being a rip of msmpeg4 is not in the least true. Divx 3.x was msmpeg4; divx 4 and 5 (the ones from DivxNetworks) were completely new (and legal) pieces of software. the only thing they have in common with divx 3 is that they can decode it. furthermore only the most hardcore nandub fans still prefer divx3/msmpeg4 over the latest divx5 and xvid offerings. as for speed... playback really shouldn't be a problem (try using WMP or Media Player Classic rather than the playa...), and encoding speed i believe goes in xvid's favor, though the quality should be more of a priority. one more thing - msmpeg4 certainly can't decode all of divx5's outputs, because it lacks mpeg4 Advanced Simple features such as b-frames which divx pro has as an option. in short, try to do a better job keeping the info pure...

WRFan reviewed v5.0.4 on Apr 18, 2003

quote:
"I have quite an ancient computer and this codec has disappointed me on several occasions. It still uses too much processor power in my opinion"

ditto. the programme is just a hacked version of MS mpeg4 codec, they just ripped it, in other words stole it from MS, made it worse (slow, no quality improvement) and now they demand money for it or put spyware inside. what freaks... why I say there is no quality improvement? because one can simply change the header to MS mpeg4 using this prog:
http://www.risingresearch.com/en/divx/index.shtml

and video playback will still work perfectly, while using only half as much cpu resources. meaning there is no improvement in divx compared to Ms mpeg4, because then MS mpeg4 decoder couldn't decode divx videos properly, if there were some additional new functions in divx. Xvid cannot be decoded by ms mpeg4, which means the xvid developers really changed something, although I must say I don't see any quality improvements in xvid either, when compared to ms mpeg4. so what do we have? we have 3 codecs, divx, xvid and ms mpeg4. all three have the same quality, and if you want good quality, this always means 700 mbs movies. or have you seen good quality movies on kazaa/irc which are smaller than 700 mbs? don't think so. and so, if size/quality is the same, why use either xvid/divx? why not use ms mpeg4, whose cpu usage is minimal compared to both divx/xvid? I'll tell you why. because there are some indifferent people out there with pentium 4 cpus, who don't care about the people with slow pcs out there. so they simply encode videos in divx and xvid and put them online and my computer dies trying to decode xvid videos. thanx god at least the divx videos can be decoded with ms mpeg 4. but there are more and more xvid videos out there and this worries me. I have a pentium 550 with 256 mbs ram and winxp sp1 and I can't watch xvid/divx movies properly when the original codecs are used, esp. if I have other programmes running in the background

golbex reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 4 on Apr 11, 2003

I'll have to agree with vis666 on this one... I'll also add that this is a prime example of what I hope will NEVER happen to Winamp. Actually, the Pro codec isn't even all that much better than the original and consumes more of your processing power than the good ol' free v3.11. If you have a state of the art computer and you're into encoding/ripping movies, by all means, get DivX Pro. But I think I'll pass.

Kompressor reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Apr 11, 2003

There's a player?

shawkins reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Apr 10, 2003

Fresh new look - same great flavour! Wheeeee!
Anyone gonna actually download this thing for the new player? Argh, not me!

oudoulj reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 3 on Mar 31, 2003

Do you need to install the regular DivX 5.0.3 codec before installing that Schizo version?...

Buggle reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 3 on Mar 29, 2003

I have yet to try this new beta release, but I can't hold myself arguing against the previous post.
I wonder, do you actually speak out of experience? How can you say DivX5 is 'garbage' if it depends on ones taste? At least give us a motivation whý you find DivX5 to be inferiour to Xvid and 3.11. In all af the tests (example: http://koti.mbnet.fi/website/mpeg4test/) I have read the DivX5 codec is better than 3.11 (3.11 is sharper, ok youre right there, but it lacks advanced tools 5 has to offer, so the average picture gives 5 the advantage) and Xvid is bad on still images, but kicks butt in speedy scenes. I think DivX is the best of two worlds. It all just depends on your preferences. So there's no reason for giving DivX5 only one star, that's exxageration. It still is the main codec for the 'scene'.
What holds me from giving 5 stars is the fact that DivX networks delivered a VERY buggy release, namely 5.0.3. They should have developed this further. And this isn't the first time...

vis666 reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 3 on Mar 29, 2003

Anthracks: it's not we're not willing to pay for good quality, but why pay when the codec is far less good than XviD (or even the 3.11) and wich are totally free. And wasn't DivX totally underground say 3 years back? Now it has a corporate taste to it... no thank you, i'll pass :)

Anthracks reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 2 on Mar 25, 2003

Good lord, people actually want a small amount of money in return for spending years developing software? What is this world coming to.

vis666 reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 1 on Mar 22, 2003

Stick with the far superiour 3.11 alpha !

phrentec reviewed v5.0.4 Schizo Beta 1 on Mar 21, 2003

Along with the new Electrokompressiongraph, Divx now gives a new meaning to the job and of being a video compressionist.

illuvatar reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Mar 13, 2003

I have quite an ancient computer and this codec has disappointed me on several occasions. It still uses too much processor power in my opinion. I left divx5 since I discovered ffdshow. It's less processor intensive and offers more post-processing options.

eddie reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Mar 12, 2003

cocieto: only the playa! was updated in this release. It was 2.0 Alpha 5, now its 2.0 Final

eL MaesTro reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Mar 12, 2003

Now common gimme a break, they make an update just to their "least-in-the-world" used media player . Can´t they just publish a stand alone version of their player? They just updated their SpyTrojanWare . . .

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Soy principio y FiN

cocieto reviewed v5.0.3 Updated on Mar 12, 2003

Wasn't this thing released at least 2 weeks ago? I reinstalled windows about that time, now i see the post. I looked at my version before installing, and surely enough, I had 5.0.3 installed. Can anyone prove me wrong ?

WRFan reviewed v5.0.3 on Jan 25, 2003

I like the new profiles, this way one simply sets a profile, and here you go. I downloaded a deleted scene from the film Lolita, it was 17 mbs (mpeg), I encoded it with VirtualDubMod 1.4.13 and divx 5.03 pro using the profile for best quality and the output file was just 6 mbs, while quality was very good.

Von Himpfendinckz reviewed v5.0.2 Updated on Jan 19, 2003

Let´s get somthing straight here guys. There´s of course a difference between the free and the pro version of DivX. In the pro version there are some more features to use for making copies of dvd´s but if you only use it for making vcd´s the free version is enough, but if you wanna do svcd´s, avi´s and divx copies of your dvd movies then I prefer the pro version of DivX and it can be downloaded witout any costs, but you have to say yes to gator also, if you don´t have a key or serial for it. That´s how it works folks no more no less

ye110manz reviewed v5.0.2 Updated on Jan 12, 2003

get the non-pro version if you plan on just watching divx videos and not creating them. for decoding there is no difference between pro and non-pro except that the non-pro version doesn't contain ad-ware.

litoby reviewed v5.0.2 Updated on Jun 16, 2002

It's okay. Nothing great actually. I have some problems withthe video codec with flickering and slowdowns in Windows Media Player that I didn't have in 3.11, and the Divx Vidoe Player half locks my pc everytime. It sort of freezes everything, but doesn't. It's weird and takes a couple minutes of hitting keys on my keyboard and clicking the X on the program at the same time before it closes out. It's also very easy to remove Gator ad software. Close any Gator using apps, run the about Gator program from it's program group, click disable Gator software hyperlink from the last tab and then go into C:\Program Files\Common Files\ and delete the GMT and CMEII folders. That's it.

NeK reviewed v5.0.2 on May 18, 2002

eh ! adware allergic guys... divx *NOT* pro is freeware, it's not divx pro. switch your brain on please.

Black-Wolf reviewed v5.0.2 on May 17, 2002

It's just too bad.... this is a very very bad stuff.
You've been warned people!

nickgreiner reviewed v5.0.2 on May 17, 2002

Adware is retarded.....It stil can't play movies full screen smoothly....codec 4.12 is being reinstalled as I type this.....go to hell Corporate Divx---sellouts suck balls of g**s

franzj reviewed v5.0.2 on May 17, 2002

This encoder does an excellent job! It took some tweaking to get the output right, but oh man does it look good! The DivX player has an awesome interface; the program itself just needs some work. I care a lot less about the player right now though.

Yriluvan reviewed v5.0.2 on May 17, 2002

DivX was a really nice program, Adware sucks gator sucks!,, gator is spyware? and it installs itself on you'r computer and you can not remove it allways :(

tvaccari reviewed v5.0.2 on May 17, 2002

Adware sucks.

Kidman reviewed v5.0.1 on Apr 10, 2002

at least divxs are watchable now, about still skips. 4.12 is better and flawless in decoding. go back to your corner 5.x...you need more work

Tylenol reviewed v5.0.1 on Apr 10, 2002

Ads :(

ATMAvatar reviewed v5.0.1 on Apr 10, 2002

5.0 was a step forward in compression, but a step backwards in CPU usage. In switching from 4.0, I had problems with sound desyncing with the video, major slowdowns, etc. In comparison, with 4.0, I'd have smooth, synced video/audio with no slowdowns, even with 6-12 programs running in the background.

Any word on whether 5.01 fixes the slowdowns?

darknone reviewed v5.0 on Mar 6, 2002

Pretty good picture quality.
And for those for don't like the adware just go to msconfig from the start menu and disable the gator startup.
The adware then doesn't start up and the codec still works perfectly.

Death-Axe reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

yeah daplayer sux. Codecs rule though ^^

IssacNewton reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

hehe That Gator is some evil s*** isnt it!
I have kids at home and they are constant victims of gator to the point of now suffering new user profiles as a result of gator that will not allow them to install anything on their machine without me. I think they are probably very pissed with the gator attackware right now but after excorcising their machine I will not have it happen again. maybe we dont want our schedule perused.

nuinn reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

gator is evil, Divx roots are definatly evil, do not download this, the adware is just plain evil, the best way to get rid of the ad-ware to is to delete the program

Mardagg reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

I run dual monitors, and I've looked and looked for a program to display as much info as possible on my second screen. CureInfo does just that! this program rocks, and the configuration is very powerful. It's one of the best free programs I've ever used.

espectro reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

Since i use it only to play movies not create them, clean divx is good enough for me.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

Oops, here is the real rating...

ixxologic reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

when project mayo first started one of their main slogans was... DivX Free FOREVER.. now they slapped a PRO on it.. made the regular FREE version into something thats 25% more crappy than DivX Pro.. i mean really.. do you xpect ppl to go for this?.. naaah its gonna be SVCD all the way from now on.. and in case anyone is interested :

March 4th 2002 : divx.pro.v5.0.working.winall.read.nfo-eagle

duh.. that took long to strip the ads.. and are we suprised.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT..

RedBadger reviewed v5.0 on Mar 5, 2002

Unless I am reading the info wrong on this pro version, if you want to use it for free, they will install some kind of permanent ad crap on your computer that you have a set number of popup ads that will display while you browse the web each week.

Here is the description of the ad crap.
http://www.divx.com/divx/pro/whyads.php

Its things like this that fuel people to write cracks for programs.

SeanR561 reviewed v5.0 on Mar 4, 2002

Something that bothers me... DiVX switching over to what many people do. Creating a product that will make a difference between the two. Apple did it with Quicktime and I didn't like it one bit... only one good thing is adware but for me thats a major turn off. I am sure DiVX 5 has a lot of new features but this just gives me a sour feeling to begin with. I really hope that Divx Pro & just regular Divx keep the same en/de-coder so that you wont get a feature list for Pro saying "Better quality under DiVX Pro" That would really be a cruddy move in my opinion.

BoNeLeSS reviewed v5.0 on Mar 4, 2002

at last! optimizations for athlon series cpus. The Playa is still quite crap (alpha) but theres no problem since I can use wmplayer or even better the ol' mplayer2. Hope to see a "codec only" package.

BoNeLeSS reviewed v5.0 on Mar 4, 2002

5: Divx itself
1: Stupid adware

kgruber reviewed v5.0 on Mar 4, 2002

The bundled DiVX playback program "The Playa," albeit in alpha stage, causes movies to hiccup and does not decode AC3 sound (in conjunction with Morgan Stream Switcher). I recommend using PowerDVD XP or WMP 7.x/8.x. The codec itself however, works just great!

klumy reviewed v4.12 on Feb 17, 2002

One of the most innovative Tools on the internet.
I couldn't live without it ;)

DivX rulez

vinicius reviewed v4.12 on Feb 5, 2002

playa

debonair reviewed v4.12 on Jan 12, 2002

great stuff! too bad "the playa" isn't so great. choppy action. Still sticking with WMP

BoNeLeSS reviewed v4.12 on Dec 20, 2001

Athlon series processors are quite popular now... When we will see optimizations for that kind of machines?

WillMac77 reviewed v4.02 on Oct 25, 2001

A very good improvement overall.

Andrey_Ra reviewed v4.01 on Oct 19, 2001

DivX 4.02 Encodes 20% Faster
2001-10-18 18:58 GMT
DivX 4.02 is available as of 2001-10-17. Improvements include a 20% improvement in encoding speed and a new post-processing/de-ringing algorithm that greatly improves playback quality. Enjoy!

WILLJ reviewed v4.0 on Aug 22, 2001

over all this program is one of the best out there is small and easy to use i have tested this program on windows 95, 98, ME, and windows 2000 pro they all worked find with no problems i have yet to find any bugs in it but it is def the best out there

F1Racer reviewed v4.0 on Aug 22, 2001

Well, DivX 4 reaches final and yes, its still got the green overlay and therefore about as much use as a condom is to the Pope. How come this hasnt been fixed considering its been there since beta 1 ???

golbex reviewed v4.0 on Aug 22, 2001

I wonder if it's just me (someone will probably say it is), but version 4 is a little... how should I put it... skippy. I have a good comp, too. Maybe I just need to reboot.

Peltec reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 4, 2001

Mayo outdid M$ with this codec.

docco reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 4, 2001

Great Product!
btw, I don't get betanews math... All ratings are 5/5 and yet - the avg.rating is 4.5 ?!?

nacho reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 4, 2001

the codec rocks and The Playa has the amazing ability to play even fragmented avis

ComradeF reviewed v4.0 Beta 2 on Jul 29, 2001

DivX is simply excellent. I'd advise everyone to keep an eye on the developement of this codec...

xVariable reviewed v4.0 Beta 2 on Jul 28, 2001

Check that, I just tried some of the (presumeably) DiVX 4 clips at divx.com. They work just fine for me too, and the quality is outstanding, given the low resolution. Time to encode my DVD collection with the new format I guess (I wonder if my PDA has enough juice to play this format....)

What OS are you guys, that're having trouble, using?

mrempire reviewed v4.0 Beta 2 on Jul 27, 2001

Good. Except the divx codec plays my divx with a nice green overlay.