DivX for Mac 6.6 review
DownloadDivX for Mac is an improved product suite that offers a cinematic experience to any Mac and provides glorious full-screen playback.
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DivX for Mac is an improved product suite that offers a cinematic experience to any Mac and provides glorious full-screen playback.
The suite includes DivX video creation tools that provide drag-and-drop simplicity for the newbie and full configurability for the seasoned pro. Unlike other Mac video solutions, DivX for Mac 6.5 can convert your movies into the DivX format for playback on millions of certified DVD players, portable media players and other consumer electronics devices.
The DivX for Mac download includes:
DivX Player 1.0.3
DivX Community Codec 6.2.5
DivX Web Player 1.1.0
And free trial versions of:
DvX Converter 1.1.1 (15-day trial)
DivX Pro Codec 6.2.5 (6-month trial)
DivX advanced features:
XSUB subtitles let you author movies with multiple language subtitle sets
Interactive video menus offer unprecedented convenience and control so you can quickly navigate between various scenes or bonus features, and select from audio track and subtitle options
Chapter points provide flexibility, allowing you to jump straight to the scene you want to watch from anywhere within the video
Alternate audio tracks enable audio tracks in multiple language versions or separate audio tracks for specific speaker configurations
XTAG video tags contain descriptive information like title, author and the video specifications used in the file's creation to streamline organization
The .divx file extension clearly identifies content in the DivX format so you'll never again be left wondering whether that .avi file will really play in your certified device
Improvements
Like Beta 1, this version of DivX for Mac has a several key improvements to whet your appetite:
The DivX Codec has been updated to our latest-and-greatest, version 6.4.0 with all it's new features:
Integrated Automatic Noise Detection (preprocessing)
A new High Performance Encode Mode
VBV Compliant 1 Pass Constant Quality Mode
"Fast First Pass" option to speed 2-pass encoding
Lanczos4 and Lancaoz4 (fast) resizing now available
The DivX Codec also supports multi-threading for faster
encoding on multi-chip and multi-core PowerPC and Intel Macs
The DivX Converter now supports multi-threading for faster
conversion on multi-chip and multi-core PowerPC and Intel Macs
We built in Support for Dr. DivX 2.0 for Mac OS X which you can also
find here on our labs site (more tinkering going on all the time!)
1080 HD support with encode sizes up to 1920 x 1088
Assorted Bug Fixes
Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
500 MHz G4 or faster
QuickTime 7
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Recommended System Requirements:
600 MHz G4 or faster
QuickTime 7 or later
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
What's New:
The DivX Codec has been updated to our latest-and-greatest, version 6.4.0 with all its new features
Integrated Automatic Noise Detection (preprocessing)
A new High Performance Encode Mode
VBV Compliant 1 Pass Constant Quality Mode
"Fast First Pass" option to speed 2-pass encoding
Lanczos4 and Lancaoz4 (fast) resizing now available
The DivX Codec also supports multi-threading for faster encoding on multi-chip and multi-core PowerPC and Intel Macs
The DivX Converter now supports multi-threading for faster conversion on multi-chip and multi-core PowerPC and Intel Macs
We built in Support for Dr. DivX 2.0 for Mac OS X which you can also find here on our labs site (more tinkering going on all the time!)
1080 HD support with encode sizes up to 1920 x 1088
Assorted Bug Fixes
DivX for Mac 6.6 keywords