Posted by Bill's News on 01/13/06 17:19

Brian wrote:
> spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:32:52 +1300, Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Sony DVD player that plays DivX 5.0 video's.
>>> If I updated my DivX codec to version 6.0 would I still be able to
>>> play DivX files on my DVD player?
>>> My DVD player is Sony DVP-NS955V.
>>> I'm thinking if the Divx player software on a computer needs to be
>>> updated to play the new Divx 6.0 files than they may not play on
>>> my
>>> DVD player.
>>
>> Burn a test disc and find out.
>
> If I update my codic to DivX version 6 and have problems then I
> might
> have trouble going back to Codec DivX version 5.
>
> Regards Brian

Divx 6.x uninstalls quite easily. I found it not only worthless but
also it interfered with the operation of other player programs, even
when the source file was xvid! Using Divx default profiles, a
converted test file did play on my year+ old stand alone divx
certified players. I've uninstalled the first release and subsequently
the update, after trying it to see whether its behavior was any
better.

I am using WinXPHE and almost always have a checkpoint to roll back to
after an install. It didn't seem necessary, but there was no harm in
doing the roll back either!

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