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DivX Player (with DivX Codec) 5.1.1

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: February 29, 2004
Total Downloads: 63,256,103
Downloads last week: 66,142
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1545 votes
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CNET editors' review

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The creators of the popular DivX video format also make this freeware bundle for playing and encoding DivX files. Video and audio playback is fairly smooth, and you can shift among full-screen, compact, and console modes using the right-click context menu. Skins are available on the publisher's site.

The installation offers a six-month trial of the Pro version of the encoder. The help file is external, on a live Web site, and not very helpful for answering basic questions such as what formats you can play and where to install skins. The codec's user guide is a separate download.

The program eats nearly 20MB even when there's no video playing. But, if you simply need to view DivX files or convert other files to the DivX format, this bundle is an adequate option.

Publisher's description

From DivXNetworks, Inc. :

The official DivX video software bundle, this download contains the software you need to watch and create videos in the popular DivX video format. The DivX 5.1 generation includes many advanced features, such as enhanced video quality, a feedback mode, more effective compression capabilities, and full support for decoding MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile video. DivX also is optimized for AMD Athlon and Athlon XP processors. This bundle includes the DivX Player 2.5, which supports the MPEG-4 format and offers a skinnable interface system.

Version 5.1.1 features support for generic MP4 FourCC codes, which can be enabled or disabled in the DirectShow configuration dialog box.

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