Gethigh-quality surround sound when you buy the DTS-HD Plug-in for DivX Software (or DivX Pro). Enable the conversion and playback of DivX video with DTS-HD audio, including HEVC video content up to 4K. The DTS-HD Plug-in allows you to convert and play videos with DTS audio tracks for studio-quality sound. Whether enjoying entertainment at home or on the go, DTS aims to provide the finest audio experience possible no matter what device you are using.
On top of all the features listed above, there are some additional advantages that come with purchasing DivX Pro. In DivX Converter, you can unlock custom encode settings, set B-Frames, modify settings with Target Quantizer and other super nerdy options. In DivX Player, you can enable HEVC 10-bit playback and more.
Enabling Cloud Connect (included in DivX Pro) allows DivX Software to sync videos from Google Drive and Dropbox. With one easy step, you can download and upload videos from multiple cloud storage accounts in DivX Software. You can sync videos without the hassle of having to download extra apps or open multiple browser and file windows.
Buying Video Pack (or DivX Pro) allows you to convert unencrypted MPEG-2 and VC-1 files, so you can backup your Blu-ray or DVD discs. If you have stacks of discs to convert to digital files, or want to cast Blu-ray or Windows Media to your TV or gaming console, Video Pack is your solution. Simply drag and drop your files and convert with a single click. Learn more about the MPEG-2 video standard.
Give your audio a boost when you purchase DFX (or DivX Pro). This audio plug-in makes your videos sound sharper, livelier and pack more punch. DFX enables you to adjust or apply different audio effects to improve your listening experience. Try it out (free 30-day trial) to enjoy big screen audio with your cinematic video.
NOTE: DFX Audio Enhancer works in DivX Player for Windows only.
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Fortunately, we offer free desktop software that allows you to play videos and convert videos. Since you own a DivX Certified device, you can use the converter in DivX Software to convert to a format that will play.
DivX is a brand of video codec products developed by DivX, LLC. There are three DivX codecs: the original MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec, the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC DivX Plus HD codec and the High Efficiency Video Coding DivX HEVC Ultra HD codec. The most recent version of the codec itself is version 6.9.2, which is several years old. New version numbers on the packages now reflect updates to the media player, converter, etc.
The "DivX" brand is distinct from "DIVX", which is an obsolete video rental system.[1] The winking emoticon in the early "DivX ;-)" codec name was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the DIVX system. Although not created by them, the DivX company adopted the name of the popular DivX ;-) codec. The company dropped the smiley and released DivX 4.0, which was actually the first DivX version to trademark the term DivX.[2][3]
DivX ;-) (not DivX) 3.11 Alpha and later 3.xx versions refers to a hacked version of the Microsoft MPEG-4 Version 3 video codec (not to be confused with MPEG-4 Part 3) from Windows Media Tools 4 codecs.[4][5] The video codec, which was actually not MPEG-4 compliant, was extracted around 1998 by French hacker Jerome Rota (also known as Gej) at Montpellier. The Microsoft codec originally required that the compressed output be put in an ASF file. It was altered to allow other containers such as Audio Video Interleave (AVI).[6] Rota hacked the Microsoft codec because newer versions of the Windows Media Player would not play his video portfolio and rsum that were encoded with it. Instead of re-encoding his portfolio, Rota and German hacker Max Morice decided to reverse engineer the codec, which "took about a week".[7]
In early 2000, Jordan Greenhall recruited Rota to form a company (originally called DivXNetworks, Inc., renamed to DivX, Inc. in 2005) to develop an MPEG-4 codec, from scratch, that would still be backward-compatible with the Microsoft MPEG-4 Version 3 format. This effort resulted first in the release of the "OpenDivX" codec and source code on 15 January 2001. OpenDivX was hosted as an open-source project on the Project Mayo web site hosted at
projectmayo.com[8] (the name comes from "mayonnaise", because, according to Rota, DivX and mayonnaise are both "French and very hard to make."[7]). The company's internal developers and some external developers worked jointly on OpenDivX for the next several months, but the project eventually stagnated.
In early 2001, DivX employee "Sparky" wrote a new and improved version of the codec's encoding algorithm known as "encore2". This code was included in the OpenDivX public source repository for a brief time, but then was abruptly removed. The explanation from DivX at the time was that "the community really wants a Winamp, not a Linux." It was at this point that the project forked. That summer, Rota left the French Riviera and moved to San Diego "with nothing but a pack of cigarettes"[9] where he and Greenhall founded what would eventually become DivX, Inc.[7]
In February 2011, DivX was acquired by Rovi Corporation, upon completion of its acquisition of Sonic Solutions.[10] In 2014, Blackstone Group and Parallax Capital acquired DivX from Rovi for $75 million. On January 5, 2015, it was announced that IPTV company NeuLion would acquire DivX for $62.5 million.[11] In February 2018, a deal was finalized to sell certain DivX assets, intellectual property and subsidiaries from NeuLion, Inc. to Fortress Investment Group.[12]
DivX 6 expanded the scope of DivX from including just a codec and a player by adding an optional media container format called "DivX Media Format" ("DMF")[13] (with a .divx extension) that includes support for the following DVD-Video and VOB container like features. This media container format is used for the MPEG-4 Part 2 codec.
This new DivX Media Format also came with a "DivX Ultra Certified" profile, and all "Ultra" certified players must support all DivX Media Format features. While video encoded with the DivX codec is an MPEG-4 video stream, the DivX Media Format is analogous to media container formats such as Apple's QuickTime. In much the same way that media formats such as DVD specify MPEG-2 video as a part of their specification, the DivX Media Format specifies MPEG-4-compatible video as a part of its specification. However, despite the use of the ".divx" extension, this format is an extension to the AVI file format. The methods of including multiple audio and even subtitle tracks involve storing the data in RIFF headers and other such AVI hacks which have been known for quite a while, such that even VirtualDubMod supports them. DivX, Inc. did this on purpose to keep at least partial backward compatibility with AVI, so that players that do not support the new features available to the .divx container format (like interactive menus, chapter points and XSUB subtitles) can at least play that primary video stream (usually the main movie if the DMF file contains multiple video streams like special features like bonus materials). Of course, the DivX codec and tools like Dr. DivX still support the traditional method of creating standard AVI files.
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