DivX Pro 5.1.1 Beta 1 now available, 50% faster than DivX 5.1
Posted on 22/10/03 16:47 by Dennis                             
DivX Pro 5.1.1 Beta 1 now available, 50% faster than DivX 5.1
Via the DivX Labs website we can read that a new beta of the DivX 5.1 codec has been released which, according to the announcement, is a whopping 50% faster than the original DivX 5.1 release. For those of you who don't know what DivX is (shame on you!), it's a video codec with which you can compress video data to about a tenth of its original size without sacrificing quality. Here's the changelog for the latest release:

DivX Pro v5.1.1 Beta 1 Encoder fixes:

  • 'Fast" Psychovisual mode is 80% faster than in 5.1
  • DivX 5.1.1 encoder is 50% faster than 5.1 (12% faster than 5.05)
  • Slowest mode 50% faster than 5.1
  • Slow mode 50% faster than 5.1
  • Standard mode 50% faster than 5.1
  • Fastest mode 20% faster than 5.1
  • The Quality produced by "Fastest" has been significantly improved

Decoder fixes:

  • Resolved a severe performance hit when using the Deringing mode in Postprocessing
  • DirectShow filter property page had a cosmetic issue caused by using large fonts
  • Avoids buffer overuns with extremly small picture sizes (less than 80x32)
  • Fixed a bug caused by "Auto Post-processing" and SMP/HyperThreading CPUs.

New Features:

  • Support for generic MP4 FourCC codes which can be enabled/disabled in the DirectShow configuration dialog box

Changes:

  • Feedback mode can now be globally disabled when it's running
  • All frames are now displayed in the Feedback windows
  • Cosmetic GUI changes have been made to avoid confusion when using MV reuse and specfic performance modes
  • Deinterlacing is back in the Standard codec
  • Added bottom field first encoding
  • Smoother DivX logo fade

If you already own DivX Pro, a DivX Beta release will install over your existing DivX Pro version unless you install it to a different directory. (You may want to keep a copy of your officially released DivX Pro codec in case Beta Prototype releases on a 15-day trial, making it easy for everyone to help improve the codec. If we push out yet another beta release after your 15 day trial is up , we will create an additional 15-day trial so you can continue using the prototype version.

If you want to download this latest beta release you can head on over to DivX Labs. Please use our Video Editing and Authoring Forum to discuss this latest release.

Source: DivX Labs

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By wakke, Wed 22 Oct 2003 17:52
Does this mean you can play a divx movie smooth on an old system or does this just mean that the encoding is done faster?
By Quakester2000, Wed 22 Oct 2003 18:15
Quakester2000It means encoding is much faster
By Dee-ehn, Wed 22 Oct 2003 20:30
Dee-ehnI wonder if it can compete with the quality of the XViD codecs (especially Koepi's build)...?
By DEADITE, Wed 22 Oct 2003 20:57
yep it can in slowest mode supergrin
By Arc_Light, Thu 23 Oct 2003 00:57
Arc_Light"For those of you who don't know what DivX is (shame on you!)" Ha! now that's funny! Ok, so if the encoding is done faster, does that mean a slower machine will have more success playing a DivX movie? That having been said, on my slow-@ss laptop, ffdshow codec seems to do the trick for all my decoding needs considering it's running an old 266 PII, or so I have found.
By Lord KiRon, Thu 23 Oct 2003 02:09
encoding mean "making movie" , decoding - "watching movie" , only encoding is faster. Btw: according to reports only Fast and Standard modes are fast , the Slowest working on the same speed as 5.1 ...
By TexasGuy, Thu 23 Oct 2003 08:45
TexasGuyCan it be any faster? They are stupid. If the can acheive 50% faster speeds, don't tell the public. Let them buy a few versions in between. Then ask twice as much for 50% increase in speeds.
By Rhelic, Thu 23 Oct 2003 19:38
TexasGuy, spoken like a true, consumer robbing monopolist. Charge twice as much because the speed is twice as fast? Do you work for apple per chance, where a service pack costs $1 per fix. Heck, I have to say government lawsuits would show up everywhere if MS did that with windows XP and it's SP1 which contained over 700 fixes. Somehow apple gets to do this and it's ok and then their users eat it up. (sorry, I love to bring that subject up all the time)

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