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DivX for Windows
DivX for Windows

DivX for Windows includes the codec and player that enables you to watch movies that were optimized with DivX compression technology. This download provides you with everything you need to play DiVX ...

Average of 3 user ratings: 3
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  • Jan 07, 2009
  • For version:
  • NA

quote  Very good software  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Overall: 4

Generally it is hard to fault DivX as a format, and its software is very well put together. The main concern is how widespread the use of DivX has become compared to some other formats. DivX has been working on a H.264 version (Project Mayo) but it has yet to be launched. Until then, DivX will be a successful MPEG4 format, but not necessarily the most popular.

user Review by: ianmacm (99)
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  • Dec 09, 2007
  • For version:
  • 6.8

quote  Bundled with trial versions  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 2

This program is bundled with two 15 day trialware programs (DivX Converter 6.5 and DivX Pro Codec 6.8). It's also bundled with that miserable Yahoo toolbar, so if you install this garbage despite my warnings, be sure to uncheck that option during setup. Finally, this whole mess is WAY more than you need, contains too many modules and you can't select which of them to leave out during setup. You have to uninstall what you don't like after installation is complete and that uninstallation does a very poor job. Leaves garbage all over your hard drive which you have to manually delete. Overall, I give this bundleware (it's not freeware, IMO) a 2 out of 10.

user Review by: JohnCorliss (5)
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  • Jun 30, 2004
  • For version:
  • 5.11

quote  Mp3 of video  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

DivX lets you compress VCD files to nearly 50% of their original size, and DVD files to nearly 10-15% of the original size, letting you save a full length movie on a single VCD disc, for back up. However, you need a video converter such as Virtual Dub, to do this, as this download contains only the codec and the player. Installing the player is unnecessary, as any multimedia player will play DivX once the codec is installed. However the flip side is that the DivX files cannot be viewed on a VCD or DVD player, unless you re-convert them to another format.

user Review by: thinavila (19)
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