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DivX(R) Codec
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Version 6.4.0
ReadMe updated on 2/10/2006
(c) Copyright DivX, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
DivX and DivX Pro are trademar s of DivX, Inc.

| Table of contents
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1. Introduction
2. New in this version
3. Version history
4. Known issues
5. Files in this bundle
6. Technical support

| 1. Introduction
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Welcome to the DivX 6.4 Codec!
In this release we've added many cool new features and
enhancements to the codec that let you encode better
quality video faster than ever before. There's support
for 1080HD encoding (including support for both
interlace and progressive formats), faster
2-pass/multipass encoding, more efficient resize
filters for better compression, adapative noise
reduction that's perfect for webcam and dv cam footage,
and more. Better still, you can use most of these
new features for free in the DivX Community Codec!
Once you are done creating your amazing new DivX video
try publishing it to Stage6, our new video community
website. Stage6 offers free hosting for high quality
DivX video files and allows visitors to watch them
live inside their web browser using the DivX Web Player,
now included as standard in the DivX for Windows and
DivX for Mac bundles. Publishers can see ratings and
comments from their viewers, create their own content
channels and, in the future, will even be able to earn
money from the videos they publish.
Chec out Stage6 at http://stage6.divx.com !
- The DivX Team

| 2. New in this version

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* 1080HD encoding mode
DivX Codec now includes a 1080HD encoding mode allowing
you to create full size 1920 x 1080 resolution video in
high quality DivX format. Videos encoded using this new
setting are suitable for playbac on fast des top
computers and are more li ely to play on future
hardware devices than videos encoded using
unconstrained mode, and unli e unconstrained mode,
1080HD encoding will be available for free in the
DivX Community Codec. Both 1080i and 1080p encoding is
supported.
* Fast 1st pass rate control mode
When you need to produce a video that has to hit a
target file size, multipass (e.g. 2-pass) encoding is
the way to go for maximum quality consistency, but
have you ever wondered which settings can you safely
twea to ma e a multipass encoding run faster without
introducing serious quality problems? Now the DivX 6.4
codec can ta e care of this for you.
By selecting the new "Multipass, 1st pass (fast)"
rate-control option the encoder will automagically
adjust your settings during the first pass to maximize
the encoding rate, so there is no need to manually
change all the settings in the configuration window
for every single pass. Even better than this, we've
included new optimizations for the fast 1st pass that
can reduce even the default "Balanced" mode encoding by
up to 35% on a single core PC! Much larger reductions
can be seen for higher quality modes.
* High efficiency resize filters
We have enhanced the resize filters in the DivX 6.4
codec such that they improve the overall
quality/compression of the encoder. The new resize
filters reduce encoding rate by approximately 10% over
the 6.2.5 codec, but with typical 1:1 aspect correction
achieve the same video quality with 15-20% less bitrate
(measured using the "lanczos4" filter).
* Improved support for interlaced video
New colorspace transforms designed to prevent displaced
chroma for interlaced content improve video quality
over previous releases. The quality of the built-in
de-interlace preprocessing has also been improved.
* Adaptive noise reduction
The 6.4 codec introduces a new option for noise
reduction. Changing the noise reduction option to
"Auto-Detect" will cause the preprocessor to adjust the
noise reduction level as necessary to reduce grain and
low-light noise from the picture without significantly
degrading the video. This setting is particularly
useful when the noise level various throughout the clip
 - a common trait for DV cameras in indoor or low-light
conditions.

| 3. Version history
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To view the full version history for the DivX codec,
please visit the following URL:
http://go.divx.com/divx/versions/en

| 4. Known issues
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To view nown issues for this release, please visit the
following URL:
http://go.divx.com/divx/ nownissues/en

| 5. Files in this bundle

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The following executable files will be installed as part
of this bundle:
DivX Decoder Configuration Utility
%PROGRAMFILES%\DivX\DivX Pro\config.exe
DivX codec for Video for Windows
%SYSTEM%\divX.dll
DivX video decoder for DirectShow
%SYSTEM%\divxdec.ax
DivX media format decoder for DirectShow
%SYSTEM%\divxmedia.ax
DivX settings manager
%SYSTEM%\divxsm.exe
%SYSTEM%\divxsm.tlb
Update chec ing components
%SYSTEM%\dpu11.dll
%SYSTEM%\dpuGUI11.dll
%SYSTEM%\dpus11.dll
%SYSTEM%\dpv11.dll
DivX licensing library
 %SYSTEM%\dpl100.dll
User Interface Library
%SYSTEM%\qt-dx331.dll
Unicode support
%SYSTEM%\unicows.dll

| 6. Technical support
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DivX provides technical support for this product.
You can search the DivX nowledge base for common issues
and frequently as ed questions:
http://go.divx.com/divx/support/en
You may also search our nowledge base by visiting:
http://go.divx.com/divx/search/en