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- DivX Player(tm)
- ===============
- Version: 2.5.3
-
- (c) Copyright 2001-2004 DivXNetworks, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- DivX, DivX Player, and the DivX logo are either
- registered trademarks or trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc.
-
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
-
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What's new in this version
- 3. Installation requirements
- 4. Installation instructions
- 5. DivX Player walk-through
- 6. Known issues
- 7. Technical support
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- The DivX Player is the official player application for DivX(R) video content.
- The DivX(R) codec (compressor-decompressor) is an extremely high quality,
- MPEG-4 based video codec that is widely known as the "MP3 of video."
-
- You may use the DivX Player to play content encoded in versions 3.11 alpha
- and later of the DivX codec. The application will also play other video and
- audio content stored in AVI files, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Windows Media Video,
- and DivX(R) VOD video content.
-
- If you have questions about the DivX Player, please visit our web site at
- <http://www.divx.com>.
-
-
- What's new in this version
- --------------------------
-
- Version 2.5.3 fixes several minor bugs in the previous release of the Player.
- No major new functionality is added. A full list of changes in this version
- can be found at: <http://www.divx.com/divx/player/versions.php>.
-
-
- Installation requirements
- -------------------------
-
- The DivX Player requires the following minimum configuration to run:
-
- * Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
- * Pentium II 450 MHz processor (Pentium III 500 MHz recommended)
- * 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
- * 16 MB video card (32 MB recommended)
- * 10 MB free hard drive space
-
- (NOTE: Additional hard drive space is required for downloaded movies)
-
- You must also have DirectX version 3.0 or later installed for the DivX
- Player to operate properly. You can download the latest version of
- DirectX at <http://www.microsoft.com/directx>.
-
-
- Installation instructions
- -------------------------
-
- The DivX Player is optionally installed as a part of the DivX or
- DivX Pro video software bundle, the Dr. DivX software bundle.
- Follow the installation instructions for those products to
- install the DivX Player.
-
- **Which files are installed?**
-
- The DivX Player installer installs the following files on your system:
-
- * DivX Player.exe (The DivX Player Application)
- * README.txt (This README file)
- * License.txt (The License agreement of this software)
- * DivXPlayerATIPlugin.dll (Optionally installed when certain ATI hardware
- is present)
- * lang_*.qm (Localization file. If present, this file will
- localize the DivX Player GUI into languages
- other than English. The installer will install
- the appropriate language file if it is run in
- the appropriate locale)
- * Skins (The skins folder containing the included skins)
- * Movies (A movies folder to store downloaded movies)
-
- **Uninstalling the DivX Player**
-
- Go to Start menu in Windows, go to Programs->DivX->DivX Player->
- Remove the DivX Player.
-
-
- DivX Player walk-through
- ------------------------
-
- A full user guide for the DivX Player is available at the following URL:
- <http://www.divx.com/divx/player/help/>.
-
-
- Known issues
- ------------
-
- Nothing is perfect, and this version of the DivX Player includes some
- known issues that might affect your use of the application. The list
- of known issues is available at:
-
- <http://www.divx.com/divx/player/knownissues.php>
-
- Please be sure to review the list of known issues before submitting a
- bug. But if you do find a problem that isn't included on the known
- issues list, please let us know by visiting the Help Desk section
- of our support web site: <http://www.divx.com/support>.
-
-
- Technical support
- -----------------
-
- For technical support questions, please go to
- <http://www.divx.com/divx/player/help/>.
-