DigitAl56K
8th September 2004, 20:24
Hi everyone,
Today we release DivX 5.2.1 and DivX Pro 5.2.1. There are a ton of fixes and enhancements, including full compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the localized versions of the DivX User Guide. There is also a new version of DivX Player sporting the 5.2.1 decoder for enhanced stability, performance, and video quality - and Dr DivX 1.0.6 (http://forums.divx.com/viewtopic.php?forum=24&topic=59860) is now available.
We'd also like to announce a new addition to the DivX Team. David (aka LordRPI (http://forums.divx.com/profile.php?mode=view&id=37368)) has been working as a forum moderator for several years now, and officially joined us here in the office last Friday. We're all excited about having him onboard, myself especially, since I can now delegate making coffee, scrubbing the floors, and running errands to the new "new guy"...
And now for the details!
Fixed:
Decoder
Crashing with some videos
Black areas appearing in some videos
Locking up/crashing when seeking in, or exiting various third-party players
Performance impact when previewing files in explorer because DirectShow is calling DivX.dll in error on some systems
Skipped blocks decoding multiple B-frames with no post-processing
Japanese decoder configuration dialogue showing garbled text
Encoder
Encoder stalls for a long time when loaded
Encode stalls for a long time when configuration dialog is closed
Picture wobble when de-interlacing
Codec loses license information (DivX Pro runs as DivX, DivX Pro 6 month trial runs as DivX, etc.)
Some Pro features not ghosted out when trial expires, even though they are not functional
Trial expired message not always displayed when appropriate
Memory access violation during nth pass
Disabling “Rotate artwork and product information” does not disable scrolling text area
Check For Updates
Process could not be completed manually when system locale was not one of English, French, German, Japanese
Using system locale as language preference instead of users language selection
User Guide
References to MV file feature, which is disabled for this release (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=801))
New:
Added an option to installer for “Generic MPEG-4 Playback Component”
Includes DivX Player 2.5.5
Windows XP SP2-compatible
Register application now shows an “Already registered” message where appropriate
DivX User Guide localized for English, French, German, and Japanese (available seperately from www.divx.com (http://www.divx.com))
Known issues:
The Decoder Configuration utility may be unavailable when launched from the Start menu after the DivX Decoder Filter is first instanciated. The error message that is shown in this circumstance is not localized (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=982))
VirtualDub may hang after the Trial Expried dialog is shown (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=983))
Windows 98 users may see a blue screen of death when "Rotate artwork and product information" is enabled in the codec settings (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=984))
The DivX Pro Trial can not be started successfully when executed from account with lower priveledges than Power User (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=985))
MV re-use is disabled because it was found to reduce video quality for negligable performance gain (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=801))
The "lambda" slider control does not appear on the encoder feedback window (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=802))
The EKG application may be unable to manipulate a multipass log file stored in the root directory of a Windows ME system, i.e. "C:\DivX.log" (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=986))
Today we release DivX 5.2.1 and DivX Pro 5.2.1. There are a ton of fixes and enhancements, including full compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the localized versions of the DivX User Guide. There is also a new version of DivX Player sporting the 5.2.1 decoder for enhanced stability, performance, and video quality - and Dr DivX 1.0.6 (http://forums.divx.com/viewtopic.php?forum=24&topic=59860) is now available.
We'd also like to announce a new addition to the DivX Team. David (aka LordRPI (http://forums.divx.com/profile.php?mode=view&id=37368)) has been working as a forum moderator for several years now, and officially joined us here in the office last Friday. We're all excited about having him onboard, myself especially, since I can now delegate making coffee, scrubbing the floors, and running errands to the new "new guy"...
And now for the details!
Fixed:
Decoder
Crashing with some videos
Black areas appearing in some videos
Locking up/crashing when seeking in, or exiting various third-party players
Performance impact when previewing files in explorer because DirectShow is calling DivX.dll in error on some systems
Skipped blocks decoding multiple B-frames with no post-processing
Japanese decoder configuration dialogue showing garbled text
Encoder
Encoder stalls for a long time when loaded
Encode stalls for a long time when configuration dialog is closed
Picture wobble when de-interlacing
Codec loses license information (DivX Pro runs as DivX, DivX Pro 6 month trial runs as DivX, etc.)
Some Pro features not ghosted out when trial expires, even though they are not functional
Trial expired message not always displayed when appropriate
Memory access violation during nth pass
Disabling “Rotate artwork and product information” does not disable scrolling text area
Check For Updates
Process could not be completed manually when system locale was not one of English, French, German, Japanese
Using system locale as language preference instead of users language selection
User Guide
References to MV file feature, which is disabled for this release (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=801))
New:
Added an option to installer for “Generic MPEG-4 Playback Component”
Includes DivX Player 2.5.5
Windows XP SP2-compatible
Register application now shows an “Already registered” message where appropriate
DivX User Guide localized for English, French, German, and Japanese (available seperately from www.divx.com (http://www.divx.com))
Known issues:
The Decoder Configuration utility may be unavailable when launched from the Start menu after the DivX Decoder Filter is first instanciated. The error message that is shown in this circumstance is not localized (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=982))
VirtualDub may hang after the Trial Expried dialog is shown (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=983))
Windows 98 users may see a blue screen of death when "Rotate artwork and product information" is enabled in the codec settings (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=984))
The DivX Pro Trial can not be started successfully when executed from account with lower priveledges than Power User (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=985))
MV re-use is disabled because it was found to reduce video quality for negligable performance gain (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=801))
The "lambda" slider control does not appear on the encoder feedback window (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=802))
The EKG application may be unable to manipulate a multipass log file stored in the root directory of a Windows ME system, i.e. "C:\DivX.log" (Support article (http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=986))