After an extended beta period as "Schizo" DivX 5.0.4 makes its appearance. The advanced encoding tool EKG is only available in the Pro version. Also the DivX Player has been updated to version 2.1, featuring ATI FULLSTREAM support with the upcoming Catalyst 3.3 drivers.
What's New in DivX 5.0.4: * Includes the first version of the Electrokompressiongraph? (EKG) application, a new gadget from the R&D labs of DARC. The EKG application gives advanced video compressionists the ability to reallocate data to specific scenes within a video clip. Read More What's Changed in DivX 5.0.4: * The new RC doesn't use Q=1 frames anymore
* No stuffing used, bitrate can be too low in some extreme cases.
* Strategy planning for rate control is much faster now
* Better tracking of the planned RC strategy creating more consistent quality. What's Fixed in DivX 5.0.4: * K6-2 CPU related crash resolved.
* Not able to change Bitrate Modulation through CLI field.
* Cosmetic bug when cropping more than 1000 pixels.
* Cosmetic bug when resize settings are invalid.
* During 1 pass quality-based, Quantizer can now be set to 1 with CLI
* Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong bitrate modulation option
* 'Max Keyframe Interval' no longer accepts negative values
* Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong CLI option
* In the Quick Config CLI field, 'Enable Resize' was taking invalid options
* Remove -b in the Quick Config CLI field, 'Use Bidirectional Encoding' option was not getting deselected
* Fixed CLI inconsistencies when "Restore codec's default" is pressed.
* Max bitrate and encoding bit rate (average) was displayed same
* Fixed hitting tab in the CLI field to enable 'Use Bidirectional Encoding'
* Fixed 'Pre Processing Source' Cosmetic bug
* Fixed: remove -w in the Quick Config CLI field, 'Update Log file' option is not getting deselected
* When 'Psychovisual Enhancements' value is set to 4, in the Quick Config CLI field, mismatch in slider and label options
* 1 Pass and Nth Pass? undersized file should be fixed
* Certain dark sequences would produce a long period of frames using a Quantizer of 31
* Psychovisual Enhancement field sometimes displayed "Custom" instead of Light when unselected
* "Do not prompt with errors and warnings" would select itself when random characters were entered in the CLI after the "-key" option
* When "-d 3" option was entered in the CLI field, "Source interlace" became blank
* Max bitrate would not update at times
* DirectShow decoder postprocessing slider became disabled with ATI Radeon 9700 Graphics card
* DirectShow decoder would "fast forward" when seeking backwards. This could cause synch issues when re-encoding DivX Files using the DivX Decoder Filter
* Various cosmetic fixes in the Encoder GUI
* Do not prompt Error unchecked as default fixed
* Light Psychovisual enabled itself automatically when exiting the CLI field
* Max bitrate reset itself to x10 the average when going in the "profile" tab
* MPEG-4 "type Indicator" correctly set according to selected encoding parameters
* No more green first frame at very high bitrates
* Decoder updates the display to the appropriate frame when seeking
* Decoder remembers the postprocessing settings
* Fixed some memory leaks related to Psychovisual and Nth Pass? mode
* Nth Pass? RC is tweaked to minimize the usage of high quantizer
* Nth Pass? doesn't create an empty frames at the beginning of the clip
* Brightness/Saturation sliders now working correctly What's New in DivX Player 2.1: * The DivX Player is now a more general-purpose media player. This version adds support for the following file formats: MPEG-1 (.mpg), MPEG-2 (.vob), Windows Media Video (.asf, but not .wmv), QuickTime (.mov, but only those files that can be decoded by DirectShow; some QuickTime files still will not work)
* Support for certain hardware post-processing acceleration.
* Auto-installing skins. DivX Player skins may now be installed by simply double-clicking on the skin file. There is no longer a need to manually move the skin file to the Skins directory. What's Improved in DivX Player 2.1: * Open URL... functionality. The "Open URL..." functionality of the DivX Player has been re-written to improve performance. The GUI is also re-designed to improve feedback during the download process. The "Open URL..." functionality now also supports FILE URLs. What's Fixed in DivX Player 2.1: * A bug where the Player would revert to the default skin on restart if you pressed "Apply" and then "OK" on the Choose Player Skin dialog instead of just pressing "OK."
* A bug where you could not play files for which you had the correct codec installed after you attempted to play a file for which you did not have the correct codec installed.
* A bug that caused a "Tag 85" audio playback error when playing back certain files with MP3 audio. This would occur on systems that did not have an ACM codec for MP3 audio playback (even if the systems did have a DirectShow filter for MP3 audio playback). (This is fixed on the majority of systems we can test, although the bug remains on a small number of systems. Let us know if you still see it.)
* A bug that would cause the newsletter signup dialog to appear occasionally even after you checked the "Do Not Ask Me Again" checkbox.
* A bug where the error message "This file cannot be opened. Unknown exception caught" would be displayed when you attempted to play a video file containing an audio track in a format not supported on your computer. This will now display a more descriptive alert message.
* A bug that would cause movie downloading/buffering to continue even if an error was encountered during the Open URL... process.
* A bug that made it impossible to disable the display of the application splash screen in Windows 98. Download
What's New in DivX 5.0.4: * Includes the first version of the Electrokompressiongraph? (EKG) application, a new gadget from the R&D labs of DARC. The EKG application gives advanced video compressionists the ability to reallocate data to specific scenes within a video clip. Read More What's Changed in DivX 5.0.4: * The new RC doesn't use Q=1 frames anymore
* No stuffing used, bitrate can be too low in some extreme cases.
* Strategy planning for rate control is much faster now
* Better tracking of the planned RC strategy creating more consistent quality. What's Fixed in DivX 5.0.4: * K6-2 CPU related crash resolved.
* Not able to change Bitrate Modulation through CLI field.
* Cosmetic bug when cropping more than 1000 pixels.
* Cosmetic bug when resize settings are invalid.
* During 1 pass quality-based, Quantizer can now be set to 1 with CLI
* Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong bitrate modulation option
* 'Max Keyframe Interval' no longer accepts negative values
* Multiple error windows no longer open upon entering wrong CLI option
* In the Quick Config CLI field, 'Enable Resize' was taking invalid options
* Remove -b in the Quick Config CLI field, 'Use Bidirectional Encoding' option was not getting deselected
* Fixed CLI inconsistencies when "Restore codec's default" is pressed.
* Max bitrate and encoding bit rate (average) was displayed same
* Fixed hitting tab in the CLI field to enable 'Use Bidirectional Encoding'
* Fixed 'Pre Processing Source' Cosmetic bug
* Fixed: remove -w in the Quick Config CLI field, 'Update Log file' option is not getting deselected
* When 'Psychovisual Enhancements' value is set to 4, in the Quick Config CLI field, mismatch in slider and label options
* 1 Pass and Nth Pass? undersized file should be fixed
* Certain dark sequences would produce a long period of frames using a Quantizer of 31
* Psychovisual Enhancement field sometimes displayed "Custom" instead of Light when unselected
* "Do not prompt with errors and warnings" would select itself when random characters were entered in the CLI after the "-key" option
* When "-d 3" option was entered in the CLI field, "Source interlace" became blank
* Max bitrate would not update at times
* DirectShow decoder postprocessing slider became disabled with ATI Radeon 9700 Graphics card
* DirectShow decoder would "fast forward" when seeking backwards. This could cause synch issues when re-encoding DivX Files using the DivX Decoder Filter
* Various cosmetic fixes in the Encoder GUI
* Do not prompt Error unchecked as default fixed
* Light Psychovisual enabled itself automatically when exiting the CLI field
* Max bitrate reset itself to x10 the average when going in the "profile" tab
* MPEG-4 "type Indicator" correctly set according to selected encoding parameters
* No more green first frame at very high bitrates
* Decoder updates the display to the appropriate frame when seeking
* Decoder remembers the postprocessing settings
* Fixed some memory leaks related to Psychovisual and Nth Pass? mode
* Nth Pass? RC is tweaked to minimize the usage of high quantizer
* Nth Pass? doesn't create an empty frames at the beginning of the clip
* Brightness/Saturation sliders now working correctly What's New in DivX Player 2.1: * The DivX Player is now a more general-purpose media player. This version adds support for the following file formats: MPEG-1 (.mpg), MPEG-2 (.vob), Windows Media Video (.asf, but not .wmv), QuickTime (.mov, but only those files that can be decoded by DirectShow; some QuickTime files still will not work)
* Support for certain hardware post-processing acceleration.
* Auto-installing skins. DivX Player skins may now be installed by simply double-clicking on the skin file. There is no longer a need to manually move the skin file to the Skins directory. What's Improved in DivX Player 2.1: * Open URL... functionality. The "Open URL..." functionality of the DivX Player has been re-written to improve performance. The GUI is also re-designed to improve feedback during the download process. The "Open URL..." functionality now also supports FILE URLs. What's Fixed in DivX Player 2.1: * A bug where the Player would revert to the default skin on restart if you pressed "Apply" and then "OK" on the Choose Player Skin dialog instead of just pressing "OK."
* A bug where you could not play files for which you had the correct codec installed after you attempted to play a file for which you did not have the correct codec installed.
* A bug that caused a "Tag 85" audio playback error when playing back certain files with MP3 audio. This would occur on systems that did not have an ACM codec for MP3 audio playback (even if the systems did have a DirectShow filter for MP3 audio playback). (This is fixed on the majority of systems we can test, although the bug remains on a small number of systems. Let us know if you still see it.)
* A bug that would cause the newsletter signup dialog to appear occasionally even after you checked the "Do Not Ask Me Again" checkbox.
* A bug where the error message "This file cannot be opened. Unknown exception caught" would be displayed when you attempted to play a video file containing an audio track in a format not supported on your computer. This will now display a more descriptive alert message.
* A bug that would cause movie downloading/buffering to continue even if an error was encountered during the Open URL... process.
* A bug that made it impossible to disable the display of the application splash screen in Windows 98. Download
