Some of my software requires a earlier version of Divx 4 and Divx 5; is it possible to install divx 5 on top of divx 4? This would also apply to Divx 6 which I have. Does Divx remain, even though another Divx was installed? This won't corrupt the Divx installation at all? Thank you. Chris
DivX 4 used the fourCC DIVX and 5.x and 6.x use DX50, this means that you can have a vidc entry for DIVX and DX50, which means two VfW codecs showing up in say VDub. Next issue is registry entries. Now do the different versions store their settings in different keys? Or will the conflict? Last thing is file names. Do they use the same filenames or are they different? Why would you need to install old versions though?
The software recommends using the old divx, like 4X or 5X. It mentions that it will work correctly with this old divx. Are you saying that I cannot use 4X or 5X if I've bought Divx 6? Is there a solution to this?
Don't use software that recommends DivX 4.x. DivX 4.x quality is generally regarded as being worse than DivX 3. DivX 5.x I guess would be ok, but if you bought 6, I say use 6.
WinXP SP2 will choke on earlier DivX versions (they are not SP2-compliant). I would recommend DivX 5.21 (if you must - I use XviD). But if you bought 6, I agree try 6 :^) Older encoding software got confused when the newer DivX codecs went to the 'nth-pass' concept. My tool I used to use, I could no longer use with the new nth-pass DivX versions... So I switched to GordianKnot http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/gordian_knot.cfm And I can't even remember the name of that old program that no longer worked ;^) GKnot is great. L8R
