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The Playa and DivX Codec Bundle 4.0

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: August 21, 2001
Total Downloads: 63,256,103
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 1542 votes
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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 compression technology is a software application that compresses digital video. With this technology, digital video can be compressed so the material can be downloaded and watched over IP-based networks and more while maintaining high-quality playback. This download offers the DivX 4.0 codec, The Playa version 0.6.4, documentation, and utilities in a single bundle.

New features in version 4.0 include multi-pass encoding and two different variable bit rate modes, improved decoder performance, highly scalable codec from 16x16 pixels to 1920x1280 pixels, and much more.

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