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- DivX(R) Codec
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- Version 6.0
- ReadMe updated on 2005-02-09
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- (c) Copyright DivXNetworks, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- DivX and DivX Pro are trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc.
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- | Table of Contents
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. New in this Version
- 3. Version History
- 4. Known Issues
- 5. Files in this Bundle
- 6. Technical Support
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- | 1. Introduction
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- DARC is proud to present the DivX 6 codec; the result of over
- one years' development in improving quality, compression,
- performance and design.
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- The DivX 6 codec achieves between 20 and 40 percent better
- compression than its DivX 5 counterpart and creates the
- highest quality video for our new DivX Media Format. The DivX
- Media Format supports advanced features such as interactive
- video menus, chapter points, multiple audio tracks, XSUB(tm)
- subtitles, XTAG(tm) video information and more.
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- For further information regarding this release please visit:
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- http://www.divx.com
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- Have fun and enjoy this release,
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- - The DivX Team
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- | 2. New in this Version
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- * Support for the DivX Media Format
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- The DivX 6 codec includes full support for the DivX Media
- Format and enables access of DivX Media Format features for
- .divx files in all popular media players. Look for the DivX
- icon near the clock on your taskbar to select special
- features whenever you play a .divx file.
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- Through the DivX Media Format you can now experience
- interactive video menus, chapter points, multiple audio
- tracks, XSUB(tm) subtitles, XTAG(tm) video information and
- more.
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- * Includes new DivX 6 decoder
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- The DivX 6 decoder features improved playback performance
- and video quality. Experience stunning DivX High Defintion
- video like you've never seen it before.
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- * The DivX encoder GUI has been redesigned
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- The encoder configuration interface has been redesigned for
- ease of use. Related items are better grouped, there are
- fewer wizard-style screens to navigate and the dialog window
- itself is much smaller than before.
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- * Performance modes have been adjusted
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- Codec performance modes have been adjusted according to a
- rate-distortion model and with respect to functional use
- cases. This better balances video quality against the rate
- of encoding.
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- * Two new performance modes have been added
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- Extreme quality mode has been introduced to improve video
- quality at the expense of encoding time. Insane quality mode
- has been created to enable all bells and whistles regardless
- of encoding time.
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- * Rate-distortion optimized H.263 quantizations
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- Block search duration has been reduced for motion estimation
- leading to higher encoding rates.
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- * New aspect-based resize
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- It is now possible to resize given the source aspect and
- output width rather than absolute video dimensions.
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- * Support for 4MV
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- 4MV is now supported, creating clear improvements in picture
- sharpness and reducing ringing artifacts.
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- * Improved deblocking
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- A new proprietary deblocking algorithm improves visual
- quality and PSNR while reducing decoder complexity.
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- * Multiple consecutive bidirectional coding
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- Multiple B-frames are now permitted in DivX High Definition
- (HD) profile, enabling greater compression for HD video.
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- * VBV change for Portable profile
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- The VBV constraints for Portable profile have been adjusted
- to take full advantage of real-world DivX Certified portable
- devices. Video created using Portable profile with the
- DivX 5 codec is fully compatible with the new VBV model.
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- | 3. Version History
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- To view the full version history for the DivX Codec, please
- visit the following URL:
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- http://go.divx.com/divx/versions/en
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- | 4. Known Issues
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- To view known issues for this release, please visit the
- following URL:
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- http://go.divx.com/divx/knownissues/en
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- 5. Files in this Bundle
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- The following executable files will be installed as part of
- this bundle:
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- DivX Decoder Configuration Utility
- %PROGRAMFILES%\DivX\DivX Pro\config.exe
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- DivX VFW Codec
- %SYSTEM%\divX.dll
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- DivX Video Decoder
- %SYSTEM%\divxdec.ax
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- DivX Media Format Decoder
- %SYSTEM%\divxmedia.ax
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- DivX Settings Manager
- %SYSTEM%\divxsm.dll
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- Update Checking Components
- %SYSTEM%\dpu10.dll
- %SYSTEM%\dpuGUI10.dll
- %SYSTEM%\dpus10.dll
- %SYSTEM%\dpv10.dll
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- User Interface Library
- %SYSTEM%\qt-dx331.dll
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- Unicode Support
- %SYSTEM%\unicows.dll
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- | 6. Technical Support
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- DivXNetworks provides technical support for this product.
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- You can search the DivX knowledge base for common issues and
- frequently asked questions:
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- http://go.divx.com/divx/support/en
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- You can also search our knowledge base by visiting:
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- http://go.divx.com/divx/search/en