Retail DivX CD Acquired

[neosurfer]

I have acquired a retail CD that says DivX on the case. I'm not familar with Divx, and when I try playing the CD on my PC's DVD is says I dont have a DivX supported DVD. I can I play this CD, or is it useless? Thanks.

[Enchanter]

That does not make sense. What are the contents of the CD? Are there AVI files in there, or a jumble of different files like those found in VCDs?

[setarip]

You've probably obtained an "ancient" Circuit City Divx - which despite the virtually identical name, has absolutely NOTHING in common with the .AVI files that are compressed using DivX codecs from version 3.11alpha through v.5.01.

Essentially, you own a coaster...

[neosurfer]

RE: Retail DivX CD

The contents are made up of 4 folders:
ECCTRANA
ECCTRANB
VIDEO_TS
ZOOM
The ECCTRANA & B folders have each 2 .fil files.
The VIDEO_TS has 3 .bup and 1 .vob file.
The ZOOM has 25 or more .jar and 2 .fil files.
The largest amount of content are in the ZOOM folder.
The .vob is only 2MB.
Thanks for any help. Can't say I ever heard of any Circuit City DivX movies. I don't see any markings from the case to determine where it may have came from. It has a DivX trademark. And in bold letters "When new, this disc includes one limited viewing period. A registered DivX-featured DVD player is required for use".

[Enchanter]

When new, this disc includes one limited viewing period. A registered DivX-featured DVD player is required for use

That sounds just like the format Setarip indicated.

[Deus]

DivX was originally like a dvd that you rent and after a certin number of viewings it would be no longer playable. Like a rentable movie you dont haveto return. It never really took off but i think thats what you have.

[Mark Madness]

God I hate it when people confuse the two. DIVX is the home-video format that bombed. DivX is the codec that has blessed us all with small size high quality movies. I suggest that you use the proper spelling and tell others to use it too. For the codec it's DivX or DivX while the crappy rental is DIVX or Divx.

[neosurfer]

Thanks

Thanks for all the help. As I said in my original post, I know nothing of DivX or DIVX for those that have trouble reading. Once agai, I appreciate all the help.

[Enchanter]

You're welcome.

[VERT]

I would browse to the video_ts directory and try select that .vob file and right click open in [your dvd player software]