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DivX 10 User Guide
Updated December 20, 2013

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  • Page 1 USER GUIDE DivX 10 User Guide Updated December 20, 2013...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Player Playback Video Library DivX To Go DivX Media Server Video On Demand Codec in Virtual Dub The DivX Encoder – More Info Your First DivX File Audio Your First Multipass Glossary 1-Pass, 2-Pass, and Multipass Biterate, Framerate, and FPS Codec &...
  • Page 3 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide CONVERTER SECTION TOPICS Profiles & Presets Combine Videos Output Settings Input Formats Converting Registration...

  • Page 4: Converter

    CONVERTER Welcome to the DivX Converter user guide. DivX Converter is Please note that to play DivX HEVC, DivX Plus HD, or DivX HD files on an easy way to convert and customize your digital videos into a DivX Certified device, your device will require the appropriate DivX high-quality, highly compressed DivX®...

  • Page 5: Profiles & Presets

    (Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, mobile phones, etc.) • DivX HEVC Check a list of categories and keep a look out for the DivX logo • DivX Plus HD (e.g. DivX Plus HD Certified Blu-ray players) when you purchase your next consumer electronics device.
  • Page 6 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide The following table defines each of the official DivX profiles and MP4 presets supported by Converter. See more technical specifications for official DivX profiles. DivX HEVC DivX HEVC DivX Plus DivX Plus HD 1080p...

  • Page 7: Combine Videos

    COMBINE VIDEOS To combine more than one video into a single video, drag and drop all the videos you want to convert into DivX Converter, or add them via the “Add” button. Then, check the box next to “Combine all videos into one file”.

  • Page 8: Output Settings

    Output Menu In addition to selecting a ready-made DivX profile or MP4 preset for your video, DivX Converter lets you customize how the video is compressed with special settings for video, audio, and subtitles. In this section you can learn what the options are for video output and how they work.
  • Page 9 User Guide Limit File Size This setting determines the file size of your converted video. If you plan to burn your converted DivX video onto a CD, for example, choose that option from the drop-down list. Custom Bitrate The DivX Converter will automatically choose an appropriate bitrate for your video based on the output profile you have selected.
  • Page 10 DXVA capable graphics card – which means no more blocky videos or dropped frames. In addition to the DivX Plus H.264 decoder 1.2 support of DXVA hardware acceleration, all codec settings are controlled from one location in the new DivX Control Panel.
  • Page 11 AC3 and MP3 audio using the DivX profiles; AAC audio can be passed through using the DivX Plus HD profile. It also will not work when encoding with Mobile profile or MP4 presets or when combining videos.
  • Page 12 Lastly, files created with the iPod or iPhone presets will have AAC audio streams. In order to get 6 channel audio in your DivX video, your input file needs to have a 6-channel supported audio format AND pass through the audio when converting the file. Supported audio formats include AC3 audio for all profiles (.divx and .mkv) and...
  • Page 13 Select Subtitle Tracks If your source video has more than one subtitle track, DivX Converter will give you options to include them in your final converted video. Click on the “Subtitles” dropdown menu to select or de-select the various subtitles that are available for each individual video.
  • Page 14 It will appear under the MY PRESETS section. Preferences How to Find In DivX Converter, go to the Help menu in the upper right corner of the application, under the [?] icon, and select “Preferences”. Output Folder This preference sets where your new video will be saved after it has been converted.

  • Page 15: Input Formats

    Temp Folder DivX Converter will handle most popular video file formats and convert them to the .divx, .mkv, or .mp4 format with just a click The temporary folder is where all the temp files used during the of a button. This table details the native and extended format conversion process are stored.

  • Page 16: Converting

    STEP 1 Drag and drop your video files from any folder in your computer onto DivX Converter. Or, click on the “Add Files” [ + ] button and select your videos there.rename the original file before starting to convert. Just click on the pencil icon to the left of the file name to edit it.

  • Page 17: Registration

    DivX, LLC User Guide REGISTRATION DivX Converter is part of the DivX 10. All the output profiles and presets are completely free. It also comes with a 15-day free trial of the MPEG-2/DVD Plug-in. After the trial expires, you can continue using any of the output profiles and presets.

  • Page 18: Player

    PLAYER SECTION TOPICS Playback DivX Player 10 is available on Windows and Mac and is the official video playback software for DivX® video. It is free Learn more about Video Library system requirements for Windows and Mac. DivX To Go...

  • Page 19: Playback

    DivX, LLC User Guide PLAYBACK Player accepts the most popular digital video formats (AVI, DIVX, MKV, MP4, MOV, WMV) and offers advanced features (multiple subtitles, audio tracks, smooth FF/RW) so it’s the only tool you need for high-quality playback of your video collection. For details on file support, see this table.
  • Page 20 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide Opening a File from a URL In order to open a video from a URL, simply go to the FILE menu of player and select “Open URL”. Enter the Internet address of the video you would like to watch and click OK to confirm.

  • Page 21: Video Library

    The Video Library in Player allows you to easily access and organize your videos for playback, streaming, or burning and copying to other devices. It also has a download manager for downloading your purchased DivX videos and lets you create your own custom playlists of your videos. Accessing the Video Library...
  • Page 22 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide Creating a Playlist In order to create a playlist, click on the “Add Playlist” button in the Video Library pane. Double click on the Playlist name to rename it. To delete a playlist, highlight it with your mouse and press the DELETE key on your keyboard or right-click on the playlist name and select “Delete Playlist”.
  • Page 23 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide Importing Files into the Video Library You can import single files or entire folders into the Video Library. TIP: Downloaded and purchased movies will automatically appear in your Video Library. To import a video file into your Video Library: •...

  • Page 24: Divx To Go

    DivX To Go: An Easier Way to Transfer Your Movies Player includes DivX To Go, which allows you to automatically format videos to play on any DivX Certified® device. You can easily transfer your movies, TV shows or home videos to your DVD player, PlayStation3®...
  • Page 25 Choose the type of DivX device you have: • DivX: this is the default and recommended profile if you are not sure which type of device you have. A DivX Certified device supports standard definition DivX files (.avi or .divx up to 576p) • DivX HD: A DivX HD Certified device supports high definition DivX files (.avi or .divx up to 1080p)
  • Page 26 Click “Start” When the transfer is complete, simply insert your CD, DVD or USB into your DivX Certified device, and select the title you want to view and select play. Once you complete a transfer for your device, all your DivX To Go settings will be remembered the next time you transfer a video.
  • Page 27 Alternatively, you can open the TOOLS menu and select “Transfer files to device.” You will need to choose the device on which you want to play your DivX file: DVD Player, Blu-Ray Player, PS3, or TV. STEP 1 The Add/Remove Videos window will open. You can add files by clicking on the [+] button in the lower left corner.
  • Page 28 DivX Certified device to make sure the type and formats of media storage you can use. TIP: If you are not able to play your DivX video that was burned to a CD/DVD+R, re-burn it to a CD/DVD-R and try again.

  • Page 29: Divx Media Server

    DLNA certified devices via your home network. It is accessible directly from the STREAM icon in the Player’s Device Pane, above the DivX To Go® icons. Once you’ve activated DivX Media Server and shared your folders over your network, you can start enjoying your videos on your DLNA capable devices.
  • Page 30 Player and the DLNA device must both be connected to the Internet using the same network. To start using DivX Media Server, it needs to be turned. In the device pane of Player click on the “Stream” button and in the DivX Media Server window click the “Turn sharing ON”...

  • Page 31: Video On Demand

    Once you register any of your DivX Certified on our website, but you can find out about the sites offering devices to your DivX Account, you will be able to play any of the the latest Hollywood hits and more on our Find Movies page.
  • Page 32 User Guide Using DivX Player for DivX VOD When you buy or rent a DivX video online, you will be given a download link either on the website or via email after you complete your purchase. To download your video, just follow your download link.
  • Page 33 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide CODEC SECTION TOPICS The DivX Encoder – More Info Your First DivX File Audio Your First Multipass...

  • Page 34: Codec In Virtual Dub

    (although the author does accept donations!). Once downloaded, extract the With your videos in the DivX format, you can play them on your PC/ .zip file to a new folder on your computer’s hard drive. No formal Mac, on your TV or on the go with millions of DivX Certified devices installation procedure is required.
  • Page 35 Other options in this tab include Frame Control and Motion Estimation. For more information on how these affect your video output, take a look at the DivX Codec User Guide (opens an .exe file).

  • Page 36: Your First Divx File

    YOUR FIRST DIVX FILE To begin we will use VirtualDub to opena MPEG-1 video file and convert it to DivX format. For the purposes of simplicity our video will not include an audio track at this point. STEP 1 Load VirtualDub by double-clicking on the VirtualDub program icon In the VirtualDub main window (from top to bottom) you will see: •...
  • Page 37 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide STEP 2 From the FILE menu choose Open and select the video you want to convert. STEP 3 From the AUDIO menu set No Audio. This instructs VirtualDub that even if the source file contains audio data we do not want...
  • Page 38 From the VIDEO menu set Full Processing Mode. In this mode VirtualDub allows us both to recompress the video (here we will be going from MPEG-1 to DivX) and also apply any filters should we choose to do so. Because we will not be applying filtering here, Normal Recompress might give us better performance.
  • Page 39 STEP 6 Congratulations! If you made it this far, this is the first time you will have seen the DivX encoder. At this point, we simply want to configure the encoder with the default settings using the “Restore Defaults” button, but you could also take this opportunity to explore the encoder configuration dialogue before continuing.
  • Page 40 The feedback and status windows will close automatically after encoding. Once encoding is finished, you will be able to play your first DivX movie using the DivX 10 Player (bundled free in the DivX 10 Software) or any other media player that plays DivX files.

  • Page 41: Audio

    User Guide AUDIO DivX is a video codec. As such, it does not handle audio in any way As a rough guide: 128 kbps is generally considered close to CD and we will not cover the very broad topic of audio in detail. Most...
  • Page 42 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide This represents the worst possible situation with regards to interleaving. During playback, the system will need to seek back and forth within the file continuously in order to load the audio associated with the video as time progresses. If the viewer were...
  • Page 43 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide Ensure that the “Enable audio/video interleaving” option is enabled. The recommended audio preload is the default 500 ms. The recommended audio interleave is every 1 frames. TIP: the interleave options also present a method of adjusting audio/video sync by adjusting the “Audio skew correction”...

  • Page 44: Your First Multipass

    STEP 1 Load VirtualDub and configure it as you did in steps 1 through 5 of the “Your First DivX” section. But this time, set the Variable bitrate mode to “Multipass, 1st pass.” When you save a video in Multipass, 1st pass mode the encoder will generate a log file that contains an analysis of the video but no actual video output will be generated.
  • Page 45 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide STEP 3 STEP 5 Without closing VirtualDub, reconfigure the encode by setting Without changing any settings, try saving the AVI file oe more time, Variable bitrate mode to “Multipass, nth pass.” again choosing to overwrite the previous file. The encoder will use the log file updated in the last nth pass to create an even higher When you save a video in “Multipass, nth pass”...

  • Page 46: Glossary

    If after all of this we still haven’t answered your questions, take a look at our online knowledge base for more FAQs, guides and H.264 troubleshooting tips at the DivX Support site. Or discuss topics HEVC/H.265 with employees and other DivX users on the DivX Forums.

  • Page 47: 1-Pass, 2-Pass, And Multipass

    DivX uses a rate control algorithm to vary the bitrate throughout the impossible to recreate the source video identically more than once.
  • Page 48 A more common trend is to matching quality while reducing the data rate and audio stream in your DivX Plus file. This will take up less space than before, use resolutions of 3840x2160; although technically less than 4,000...
  • Page 49 6. It has become the most popular file type for sharing high-quality video on the Internet, and it’s common to see these files with either an .avi or .divx extension. The AVI file container itself has been in use since the days of Windows 3.11, with various modern extensions being added through the years, including by DivX.

  • Page 50: Biterate, Framerate, And Fps

    In a computer the minimum unit of storage is one bit, which can represent two values, 0 or 1, and hence computers use the binary number system (base 2) as opposed to the denary system (base 10, 0-9) that humans use. When several bits are combined they can be used to store more complex data, similar to adding more digits in denary in order to store larger numbers.

  • Page 51: Codec & Container Formats

    2 (ASP) standards. These videos are packaged in an AVI container (or the DIVX container, which is a type of AVI) along with MP3 or AC3 A “codec” is short for ‘compressor-decompressor”, or sometimes audio.

  • Page 52: Dlna

    Play) protocol, which allows easy and seamless access and sharing of media content among networked devices. It is estimated that more than 9,000 products on today’s market are DLNA Certified. DivX Plus Player uses DLNA to enable high-quality video playback of your collection by streaming the content to DLNA Certified devices—...

  • Page 53: H.264

    H.264 codec. H.264 encoding used by DivX Plus (between pictures). Temporally, an encoder processes each frame, is even more efficient than the popular DivX 6 codec, which is based on subdividing the picture into a grid of blocks and searching previous or the MPEG-4 ASP standard, H.264’s predecessor.

  • Page 54: Hevc/H.265

    By extending this technology to the DivX® ecosystem, both content distributors and CE manufacturers will be able to benefit from this superior video compression. With over 1 billion software downloads and 1 billion DivX Certified®...

  • Page 55: Macroblocks And Motion

    Storing the motion vector of each block from frame-to-frame allows DivX to recreate much of each new frame from the last using far less data than if each block were stored as a complete image. The process...

  • Page 56: Mkv

    You can see the motion search in action using the encoder feedback window of the DivX Codec (e.g. in third party apps like VirtualDub). While encoding set Show picture to Compensated frame and turn on Show Motion Vectors.

  • Page 57: Resolution V. Aspect Ratio

    DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide RESOLUTION V. ASPECT RATIO Resolution is how the video world describes the number of pixels (the tiny dots of color that make up an image) in each dimension (height and width) of the image being displayed. If the resolution of...
  • Page 58 DivX 10 DivX, LLC User Guide Aspect ratio in digital video refers to the fraction of the height and Incorrect DAR width of pixels measured from the video’s resolution. This does for standard definition not measure the actual amount of pixels or length, so two videos (16:9 video on 4:3 display) with different resolutions could have the same aspect ratio.
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