Where can I get the DiVX 3.11 compressor for Quicktime? Any help would be appreicated! Sorry for being off topic just needed some help! Thanks, Joe

We're up to DivX v5.0.2 now, although only the decoder is available for Mac at this time.

Earlier versions of the codec, and other codecs that also go by the name of DivX, can be found here.
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec_mac.html

http://www.3ivx.com/

be carefull, though... there is a spyware in divx 5.0. you can deactivate it with ad-aware easily.

You can avoid the whole spyware issue by getting the basic encoder or the commercial version of the pro encoder, neither of which have GAIN. Only the free version of DivX Pro has the GAIN spyware; the advertisements pay for development costs.

not quite so. the free version (the small one) has no spyware but you can only watch divx films, it can't encode anything. the next version (ad-version) has a gator-client, puting advertisment on your screen. bad thing is that it's not only doing that, but it sends your computer configs, installed software and even your surfing habbits to gain, who is using the data for some markt surveys and to put only filtered adverts on your screen. i could live with ads, but spying in my system is a NO-NO! the registered pro version (30$) has no spyware in it. deinstalling the ad version doesn't deinstall spyware, though!!!

The small one, as you call it, can encode; it just lacks some advanced encoding features found in DivX Pro, like bidirectional encoding, quarter pel, and global motion compensation.

DivX vs. DivX Pro comparison chart

Doom9's MPEG Forum has everything you need to know about DivX 5 and disabling/deleting/uninstalling the spyware.

oops, thanks for the infos!:)

anyone know a reason for poser to stop encoding avi's using divx, it refuses to even look at divx these days, or any other codec but microsoft's for that matter, what gives? Rob (almost ready to jack it all in and go MAC)

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Poser doesn't itself handle the video avi codecs. That's actually carried out by the Win32 services.

Most of my codecs stopped working when I upgraded to XP, but I don't know why. Perhaps reinstalling would be a good idea.

Incidently, I usually use "no compression" when generating an animation from Poser. This allows me to do post work and editing on the full quality video with worrying about recompression losses.

When all is done, I can try out various levels of compression on the final version in a third party app (I use AVIEdit), without having to re-render the scene in Poser. This also lets me use DivX 2-pass encoding.

The only downside is that the uncompressed AVI file can be huge, and doesn't play smoothly until its compressed.

thanks williamshell I'll try that :) Rob

I prefer the Huffyuv codec in Poser. Lossless compression, so I can postwork and edit the video, and have a smaller file at the same time. It even supports the alpha channel. You have to enable the "Always suggest RGB format for output" option, however, since Poser doesn't natively use a YUV colourspace.

When done, I convert to DivX or MPEG with third-party utilities, also.

Thanks All!!! Joe