Free DivX Pro

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:25 pm

For a limited time, DivX Pro for Mac and PC is free. While DivX player is free, if you wanted to encode a video with the DivX codec, DivX Pro would set you back $19.99.

No word on when the deal ends, so hurry!

DivX for Mac

DivX for Windows

Post by **miftah** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:12 pm

FYI, for the mac, FFMPEGX is always free (or $15 if you want to contribute) and it encodes divx free too. Along with nearly every other format in existence except WM which it will decode from, given a few choice settings.

That said, I got DIVX Pro for my Windows Box free a couple of days ago, though its difficult to imagine when I'll use it given everything else I view digital video on reads H264. Still its nice to have the option.

bugfreezer · Post by **bugfreezer** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:37 am

Thanks for the tip, Zip!

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:16 pm

Without getting to technical, what is the biggest difference (advantages/disadvantages) between the two formats for the home user?

I am thinking about "archiving" some of my DVD collection and thought I would use DviX. Now I am having doubts.

*please don't go all "CrazyAlabamianLlama" on me.

Post by **miftah** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:45 am

ZIPPER wrote:Without getting to technical, what is the biggest difference (advantages/disadvantages) between the two formats for the home user? I am thinking about "archiving" some of my DVD collection and thought I would use Divx. Now I am having doubts.

Picture quality and compactness. DIVX crushes the hell out of the lower-end spectrum and darks become gigantic blobs of blocky black, all for a bitstream that will usually get you less bang for your kbps buck. For the DVD "back-ups" I make when I come home from the public library, I use Mac the Ripper to pull it onto my hard drive, and then Handbrake to author the mp4. Most of the default settings there are about right except I like to limit the kbsp to about 1000, because I have a lot of movies backed up. I will batch encode them, go to bed, and then the next day, dump them into iTunes and cue up on the Apple TV.

For DIVX files I find unmarked and unlabeled with any indication of dubious copyright information, I use ffmpegx. I have a preset I use for it so I don't have to plug in all the settings every time. PM me if anyone has a mac and wants it.