divx file size

[neo75903]

Why is divx download over 7MB while XVID download is something over 700KB?

[ultimatebilly]

I've never used or downloaded divx, so I'm not really qualified to answer and can only guess.
I think it's because divx includes a lot of other (unneccessary) stuff besides the codec, while xvid includes only the neccessary.
The divx 3.11 codec (hacked microsoft codec) was only about ~600KB, and included an audio-codec.
Edit: I've just downloaded and tried, and divx includes an installation (trial) of divx pro, and a media player...
Indeed a lot of unneccessary stuff, because everybody certainly has at least one media player installed, and if I would want to try divx pro, I wouldn't download the basic version of divx...
Seems like a tactic to bring as many people as possible to install divx pro, because many tend to click on ok without looking when installing something...
Well, I clicked "cancel" instead ;)

[Cyberman]

There´s the mentioned DivX Player, and EKG for example.

The people of DivX want that their customers see the name "DivX" as often as possible ;-)

[neo75903]

erm whats next?
an 100MB bitmap wallpaper with the divx logo on it? :)

[LordRPI]

Originally posted by Cyberman
There´s the mentioned DivX Player, and EKG for example.

The people of DivX want that their customers see the name "DivX" as often as possible ;-)

We want our downloaders to have the best DivX playback experience you can have. It was mentioned in an earlier thread at forums.divx.com

[Slogra]

Spyware/ad-ware and a crappy player take a lot of space :D

[neo75903]

To be honest, i dont go often to divx forum.
Dont we get loyaly points at doom9? ;)

[unmei]

Actually should.. at least from your users
For me the last version it tried was 5.03 and that is a pretty long time ago as you can imagine. I didn't like its output's "flavour" compared to 4.12 beta and then switched to xvid after some time.