Cafeware: Program Review: DivX

Version: 6.2.2

License Type: Free
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
File Size: 15 KB
Author: DivXNetworks, Inc.

Watch movies that have been compressed using DivX, and create your own DivX files from DVDs or other digital video files saved on your PC. DivX uses MPEG-4 format, which allows videos to be compressed to about 15 percent of the size of a standard DVD. This in turn lets you fit your videos on a Zip disk, burn them on a CD, upload them to a file sharing network, or play them over the Web. Because of MPEG-4's ability to compress video so powerfully, some call it "the MP3 of the video world."

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