- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: December 18, 2006
- Total Downloads: 63,256,103
- Downloads last week: 66,142
- See full specifications
A newer version of DivX for Windows with DivX Player is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1542 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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. :DivX for Windows includes the DivX Codec, the DivX Player, the DivX Web Player and the Stage6 Content Uploader Utility. The DivX Player plays all AVI and .divx files that contain DivX video and MP3 audio including rented and purchased DivX content. The DivX Codec extends DivX playback support to all popular media players. This package supports English, French, German and Japanese languages.
DivX Player is optimized to play every DivX file with full support for all the advanced features of DivX including scene selection menus, chapters, subtitles, video tags, and alternate audio tracks. The latest version of the DivX Player adds a download manager that allows you to download multiple videos, pause and resume downloads, and progressively play back video, and a new burn-to-disc feature for creating DivX discs from within the player. Version 6.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Note:DivX Converter included into bundle as a 15-day trial.
More popular Video Converters downloads
- 322,599 downloads 1. Free YouTube to MP3 Converter
- 25,528 downloads 2. Any Video Converter
- 22,149 downloads 3. MyVideoConverter
- 21,354 downloads 4. Need4 Video Converter
- 16,746 downloads 5. Pazera Free MP4 to AVI Converter
- See all Video Converters downloads
User reviews of DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1542 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 14 user reviewsSee all 14 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
9 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
Pros: I love this media player, its fast, plays almost any video, auto update, give it a try
-
Version: DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
"Iwas intrested in the Converter"
Pros: Dont know if any.
Cons: It is not at all optimised for Dual Cores, no matter what they say. Compression takes AGES! If it could use both the Cores efficiently, it could encode in half the time! I dont know why such a big company can not make better and faster Encoders. It does not show information on what its doing.
-
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
Pros: This software does work well while it's free. Too bad someone had to try and make a profit.
Cons: That Download.com and Windows advertise it as free.
-
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
Pros: Good for converting files below size 50 mb
Cons: When it comes to compress files which are over 1 gb, the divx player takes about 1.5 hours to compress/convert into divx format (the compression is very low and slow).
Moreover, audio video synchronisation differs about 5-10 seconds.
-
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: DivX for Windows with DivX Player 6.4
Pros: Looks great, really simple to use, but...
Cons: This review applies to the DivX Converter part of the bundle ONLY.
I used DivX Converter to compress mpg files created by Hauppauge DVB-T software with a Nexus satellite TV card. The mpgs have always been of very high quality with only occasional - less than 1% - glitching (mosaics). They play smoothly in VLC and WMP. I wanted to make space on my hard drive. Now I wish I had bought a bigger drive instead.
The reasons are simple:
1. DivX Converter takes ages to compress a file;
2. It often freezes, crashes and even suddenly quits without trace, but worst of all,
3. The resulting DivX file is often so poorly synched that the file is useless (20 second delay between audio and video). To quote their website, "The MPEG-2 decoder that the DivX Converter uses will drop frames if they are detected as corrupted. This may lead to audio/video sync issues." Detected as corrupt!!
If you are tempted to use this software, first check out DivX Converter Known Issues on the support section of the DivX website and see if you agree with me that this is buggy beta software.
- See all 14 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
