Divx 5.03 released

[Batman]

check out divx.com for the latest divx codec, 5.03

[jcsston]

On the changes page they say the 'Quarter Pixel' encoding is improved.
But by default it's disabled by the profiles

[UncasMS]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16163

[Enchanter]

Finally a new version is released . . .

[Batman]

Divx 5.03 seems to be a major upgrade. Especially interesting, is the feature that allows you to do "nth" passes! Wondering how a 5-pass divx 5.03 movie will look Plus, I've heard some users talk about a "speed gain" by using this codec.

[Enchanter]

Darn. And here I am still playingaround with XviD. Yet another codec to test out.

[UncasMS]

so far i've done only little testing but the results of 4,6 and 8 passes didnt look noticibly better than 2 passes (using a bitrate of 888 and 777 in another testrun)

seems like the effect will rather be reaching a desired final output size will be more acurate.

speed is something i cant judge yet since i used a small dolby digital vob trailer for my tests.
i'm running a 4 pass test right now which i had done with 502 before.

[Enchanter]

Alright, I'm stumped. Has DXN decided to offer only the basic and paid-pro version? I can't find any GAIN-bundled installation file of the codec anywhere on the site.

[khp]

Originally posted by UncasMS

seems like the effect will rather be reaching a desired final output size will be more acurate.

This makes a lot of sense, there is nothing in multi-pass encoding that will improve the basic compression of individual frames. Multipass encoding only improves the bitrate distribution, which has been know to be less than optimal with 2-pass encoding in divx5.02.

[UncasMS]

I can't find any GAIN-bundled installation file of the codec anywhere on the site.

there is an adware version in the download section

[Enchanter]

I must be blind or something, but I really can't find any link to that on this page. Could you give me a direct link to the appropriate page, Uncas?

[UncasMS]

on that very page you link, take a look at the top, you should see DOWNLOADS

go there and you should see the three different downloads:

[Enchanter]

That's weird . . .

I only have two choices to select from, and those are the Free and the Paid version. The Ad-ware version is not there! I'll have to try downloading from elsewhere. Thanks anyway, Uncas.

[UncasMS]

did you check the very url that you can see in my screenshot?

because yours is a little different from where i went.

going to your url i had to click DOWNLOADS once more.

[Enchanter]

I have clicked here and there, back and forth, and it is the same page that I keep encountering. I'll just get the codec from another system tomorrow.