What is divX?

cazjenki

I'm looking for a new DVD player, a few of them say they have divX but I have no idea what it is, can any one explain this for me, ta very much : )

Marty_J

It's a type of video format. It means if you download divx videos from the internet and burn them to a disk, it can read them.

If you don't know what it is, I wouldn't worry about it.

savemoney

I recommend the Philips 5990 or 5980 at Amazon

DIVX is a way of compressing video/sound You require on a pc to play back these files a video player like the on supplied with XP and the codec which its free

XviD is one of the most common formats much like DivX

mulldoonuk

So four or five 700mb movies put on a 4Gb dvd and put in a Divx dvd player will play through a tv?

cazjenki

So if im just gonna be watching normal dvds I don't need it???

savemoney

You can get 6 x 700MB on a 4.3 GB DVDR

The better rips are much higher file sizes. I do my own for my own use because

1. need to space so I store originals away
2. Keep more films together
3. Have a backup just in case

I do not share them though

savemoney

Nope but the one I mentioned will pay them from dvdr and also usb flash drive. as well as photos, mp3 and upscale dvds

cazjenki wrote: »

So if im just gonna be watching normal dvds I don't need it???

cazjenki

I like the sound of the usb for flash drives, just looked them up. i didn't even know they made them like that lol! thanks everyone

BexTech

cazjenki wrote: »

So if im just gonna be watching normal dvds I don't need it???

You don't for normal DVDs, but we've had DivX DVD players for several years and wouldn't be without them, but then I like downloading AVIs from the net and watching them. Would never think of buying a DVD player that couldn't play DivX/MPEG4/xViD.

Though I do now have a PC connected to the main TV and play them direct that way, for the other TVs that have DivX DVD players, we still watch that way.

BexTech

mulldoonuk wrote: »

So four or five 700mb movies put on a 4Gb dvd and put in a Divx dvd player will play through a tv?

Yeah, that's what DivX DVD players are for, been out for many years.

Though note as AVI is simply a container file, the AVI might not always be a MPEG4/DivX/xVid file or the audio might not be, MP2, MP3 or AC3 so might not be playable on a standalone player, without being reencoded.

Some players might not like packed bitstream, so use a program called MPEG4Modifier to removed the packed bitstream.