DivX Pro was 19,99 Euros but now it's even cheaper.

DivX Pro: was 19,99 Euros now 14.99 Euros ($19.99)

DivX Author: 14,99 Euros (formerly 39,99 Euros)

DFX Audio Plug-In/MPEG-2 Plug-In: 7,49 Euros (formerly 9,99 Euros)

Have you heard of DivX Connected? DivX Connected with the D-Link DSM-330 lets you stream music, photos, videos, and even Stage6 from PC to the TV. Imagine seeing your stuff on one of those Big Mother plasma screens? It would be like going to the movies to see your own film. Read more on it Here at DivX. If you're in Europe, like me, this product is currently only available in France through PixMania, and Amazon in Austria, Germany, and the UK.

DivX users can also watch video from PC on over 100 million DivX Certified Devices. This includes DVD-Players, PMPs, mobile handsets and more shit.

What’s New

Up to 12% faster decoding for smoother playback
Over 10% faster encoding in “Insane” mode
Up to 7% better compression for HD capture in "Fastest" mode

Benefits

Play DivX videos in QuickTime, Front Row and many other 3rd party media players
Compress digital video 5 to 10 times more than MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video
Create DivX video files from within QuickTime Pro 7 or later
Encode high definition (HD) video at resolutions up to 1080p
Enjoy support for multi-chip and multi-core PowerPC and Intel Macs for faster multi-threaded encoding
Achieve the perfect balance between visual quality and performance with six carefully optimized encoding modes
Reduce grain and low-light noise (common with DV cameras) with the automated noise reduction feature

High Definition

The DivX Codec takes the power of advanced digital video compression to the next level, encoding video at resolutions up to 1920 × 1080 high definition. That's right, you heard it straight: 1080i and 1080p, at a fraction of the file size.

When I get a chance I want to make a video called Compressing the Crap out of HD with DivX - I want to take a large file of 10Zillion TetraWhatsies and compress it down to 100MB just to see how DivX handles it.

Stage6.DivX.com is a new video-sharing site from the people that brought us DivX - the sensational video compressing application. The exciting thing about this site is that not only do your DivX videos look good but there is no size limit. Yep - you can upload a 4 hour movie if you want to. I'm so into this. For now I only have one video posted - a trailer I made for a thriller I was shooting on minidv. I'm on HD now so I'm hoping to be posting much better quality than this. But really, for what it is, its pretty damn good wouldn't you say? Click on the X to play it full-screen. Best on Firefox they say.

Click on the button above to download DivX. Then you can compress your videos way down to post to video-sharing sites that have a limit on the file size - YouTube is 100Mb and some of the others are 150Mb. That only gives you a few minutes. In fact YouTube also have a ten minute limit.

Oh man...I'm stoked! I've been trying to find a good compression tool to make my YouTube videos look better. I'm shooting on HDV now - using the new CanonHV20 and whilst the original footage looks great by the time YouTube converts it to Flash its well and truly lost a lot of quality. I've tried all sorts of compression ratings on my Mac - you name it I've tried it. The best I've found so far is Quicktime's H264. But it takes forever for the compression and the end result has still got artefacts and lines across it. Then I stumbled across DivX Compression Codec. And I've been fiddling around with it. I tried converting my Quicktime videos that had been compressed using H264 and again it didn't look that hot. So to cut to the chase - what I did was take the original footage that I'd uploaded to the Mac's iMovie and made a Quicktime movie at Full Quality. Yes you've guessed it - the file ended up being nearly One Gigabyte (1Gb) for only 1:44 minutes of footage shot on the HDV camera. It looks fabulous but obviously it was way too big for YouTube. So I ran it through the Free DivX Download which reduces the file from 966Mb (almost a gigabyte) to a piddling 17.82 Mb - well within YouTube (and other vid-sharing sites) limit of 100Mb. Isn't that amazing! And look at the quality! Not bad eh? The strange hiss in the audio is heavy rain falling outside. To get from nearly One Gigabyte to just under 18 Megabyte is fantastic! And DivX is available for both PC and Mac users.

BTW the DivX converter is available as a free download for a 15 day trial. Then you must pay €14.99 to upgrade.

Why Buy The DivX Pro Version?

Simple answer - for more features and control. You get full versions of the DivX Converter and the DivX Pro Codec - two things that let you create DivX videos.

DivX Converter

The DivX Converter lets you create DivX movies. Der. Obvious. It's too easy - you just drag and drop if you're on a Mac (and you should be).

Share DivX movies

With the upgrade you can also generate HTML to paste into your blog or website to publish your DivX movies.

Batch encode

You can convert multiple files to DivX in a single step. Just by queuing them up.

But Wait...there's more!

When you shell out your $20 (or the equivalent of €19.99) you have full control to crop, resize, remove borders, set encoding bitrates, tweak quality settings and more doo-dads.

DivX Pro Codec

DivX puts it this way - The DivX Pro Codec is the top of the food chain, codec-wise. It includes the most advanced version of the DivX video encoder so you can create the highest-quality DivX files in combination with DivX Converter, QuickTime Pro or any other QuickTime export enabled video application (e.g., iMovie, Final Cut Pro).

Once your videos are converted into DivX you can burn them to CD or DVD and watch them on your TV with a certified DVD player or transfer them to certified handheld or portable devices. You can also post your home movies online, email videos to friends or store your whole video collection on your computer while saving valuable hard-drive space. Brilliant huh?

This is the latest test. 705MB down to 90MB. Speeded-up footage and just using the Free Trial. With the Pro Version it looks much better.