DivX Version 5.0 Released

[Indiana]

Originally posted by Gurm
Hey Indiana,

Wanna explain how you made the 5 not install over the 4?

I want 99% of divx video to play back using the 4.12 codec, and the only thing that uses 5 to be the 5.0-encoded clips.

Just look at the Link given in the P.S. two posts above there are three utilities to download (DivX412patch.exe, DivX5regfix.exe and divxswitch.exe). Unfortunately I can't read italian (just a slight bit from my latin...), but if I understood it correctly the DivX4patch.exe renames the DivX.dll from DivX4.12 to DivX4.dll and sets a new FourCC code for this, "dvx4" instead of the usual "divx"

If you then install the DivX5 package, this installs the DivX.dll (that would otherwise replace the DivX4.12 one if we hadn't renamed it before) and sets the usual "divx" FourCC to this.

The DivX5regfix.exe is a switch used to choose if DivX;-) 3.x content should be played with the "native" DivX;-) or DivX4/5. The divxswitch.exe can then be used to further choose if the 4.12 or the 5.0 codec should be used for playback.

Encoding seems to work, however I've not tried playback - is there any way to tell for sure if the 4.12 or the 5.0 decoder is used, cause they're behaving very similar here?

EDIT: It seems you can play back most DivX5 encoded files with the 4.12 decoder, only movies that were encoded using those additional Dix5Pro encoding features (that seem broken anyways, like Qpel) are said to need the DivX5 decoding dll.

[TnT]

Here's a pretty good comparison between various codecs. Although it doesn't talk about the features (or lack there of due to bugs).

http://koti.mbnet.fi/website/mpeg4test/

[Indiana]

Well, in those examples given by this site, the DivX5 images do look better. Unfortunately I can't really reproduce this here - might have something to do with the fact that I use higher bitrates than them (2CDs per movie instead of 1),

[DentyCracker]

IIRC this guy uses divx 5.01 (private beta)

[Marshmallowman]

divx 5.01 has been released, and I want to give it a try (gatorless)

anyone manage to download the 4.12 patch, divx 5 patch and the divx switch.

I can't connect to the site...

[Indiana]

I have installed the DivX5.01, but not really tested it. I hope it's true that the guy that did the comparision above had the 5.01Beta because hisDivX5 results are really better than DivX4.
And according to the readme, they fixed all those annoying bugs.

For those three little tools, I've uploaded them, you can get them here:
DivX4.12Patch
DivX5-regfix
DivXswitch