Posted by Biz on 01/14/06 07:17

"Brian" <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Bill's News" <BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:
>
> >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!
> >
> Thanks Bill.
> I wonder if it's possible to convert from version 6 to version 5 of a
> DivX video
>
Sure, just re-encode it in DivX 5, but you will need to have both 6 and 5
installed to do it and you will lose some quality in the re-compression...

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