DivX Networks have released an update to the video player that is included in the DivX 5 bundle. The new version includes various fixes and can be applied over your existing installation. Read more...
New: Added user preferences that allow you to disable the startup splash screen and the startup version check. Added error handling to the "custom aspect ratio" dialog to prevent bad values from being entered. Added a user preference that allows you to choose a specific playback mode for the application to start in when the application is started by double-clicking a video file (e.g., so you can have movies immediately begin playing in fullscreen mode after double-clicking a file). Improved: Improved audio handling in DivX 3.11a video files. Improved the handling of third party MPEG-4 files. The MPEG-4 standard is huge, and version 2.0 Alpha had some problems parsing certain types of MPEG-4 files. We fixed these parsing and data handling issues. Our support for all MPEG-4 files will be an ongoing process. A remaining known issue is that we do not support MPEG-4 files with multiple video streams. Made some general performance improvements. These should smooth out playback on some systems. Changed the startup version check and made it an asynchronous operation. The application will now respond to events while the version check is taking place. Fixed: Fixed a bug where the Player would instantly exit when opening a video file. This was caused by the built-in MP3 audio decoder we are using and how it was doing seeking. Fixed a known issue where the resuming playback would be delayed when you paused and resumed playback on a video with no sound track. Fixed a bug where hitting the escape key while the newsletter subscription dialog was displayed would freeze the application. Fixed a known issue where files with the "~" character in their names would cause visual artifacts to be displayed next to the movie name in the GUI. Download Update
New: Added user preferences that allow you to disable the startup splash screen and the startup version check. Added error handling to the "custom aspect ratio" dialog to prevent bad values from being entered. Added a user preference that allows you to choose a specific playback mode for the application to start in when the application is started by double-clicking a video file (e.g., so you can have movies immediately begin playing in fullscreen mode after double-clicking a file). Improved: Improved audio handling in DivX 3.11a video files. Improved the handling of third party MPEG-4 files. The MPEG-4 standard is huge, and version 2.0 Alpha had some problems parsing certain types of MPEG-4 files. We fixed these parsing and data handling issues. Our support for all MPEG-4 files will be an ongoing process. A remaining known issue is that we do not support MPEG-4 files with multiple video streams. Made some general performance improvements. These should smooth out playback on some systems. Changed the startup version check and made it an asynchronous operation. The application will now respond to events while the version check is taking place. Fixed: Fixed a bug where the Player would instantly exit when opening a video file. This was caused by the built-in MP3 audio decoder we are using and how it was doing seeking. Fixed a known issue where the resuming playback would be delayed when you paused and resumed playback on a video with no sound track. Fixed a bug where hitting the escape key while the newsletter subscription dialog was displayed would freeze the application. Fixed a known issue where files with the "~" character in their names would cause visual artifacts to be displayed next to the movie name in the GUI. Download Update
