Dr. DivX is a free (Open Source) utility which can encode video files with DivX compression.
The application requires a DivX Pro installation in order to use it. Basically, Dr. DivX is just a wrapper which uses the DivX installation in order to process your video material.
The interface is pretty simple and it allows you to easily make an input list. Dr. DivX supports batch processing, so you can use multiple files. The program can be set up pretty easily as the interface is well designed. You have quick access to settings like: video presets, pre-processing, codec, and audio just by clicking the 'Advanced' button.
The processing is split into couple of actions: the audio encoding and the video encoding. Dr. DivX makes them separately. The whole process takes some time if the video file is large. The processing power of your CPU has a major impact upon the global performance. However, the DivX doesn't have full support for multi-core machines as it used more than a single core, but it didn't use the whole available power.
The resulted file was quite small even though I used high quality settings for the video stream and medium quality for the audio stream. The DivX codec delivers good performance at high compression rate.
The output files are DivX certified. This means that you can play them on any standalone player which has the DivX certifications.
Pluses: it allows you to easily create video files which use the DivX compression, the output files are playable on certified home theaters, the application has a quite good performance.
Drawbacks / flaws: the codec doesn't have full support for multi-core machines.
In conclusion: Dr. DivX is a great application which is way much better than the encoding utility provided into the
DivX Pro for Mac.
version reviewed: 2.0.0 B2
Dr. DivX Publisher's Description
Dr. DivX... The goal of the Dr. DivX OSS project is to build an application which is portable and capable of transcoding as many video formats as possible to DivX. The software is released under the LGPL license.
Features
Able to convert most input files
Dr. DivX can convert most input files including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VOB, AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, Fraps, AVISynth scripts to DivX.
Uses available DivX encoder
If you install a new version of the DivX encoder, Dr. DivX automatically uses it for encoding.
Tweak encode settings
If required, encode settings can be manually configured for optimal output.
Generates DivX files which are playable on DivX certified players
Since Dr. DivX respects DivX certification constraints, all files generated by the application are guaranteed to playback on DivX certified hardware players.
Watch folders
Monitor user specified folders to automatically convert newly added files using configured output profile.
Supports multiple audio tracks
Convert multiple audio tracks using different encoder settings for each track. MP3, MP3 Surround and AC-3 are supported output audio formats.
Supports multiple subtitle tracks in VOB input
Convert DVD subtitle tracks to DivX XSUB subtitle tracks.
Automatically configures encode settings for requested quality level
User needs to choose only the required quality level, the application does the rest.
Include MP3 surround encoder
Dr. DivX can encode your multi-channels 5.1 audio and video sources to MP3 surround, MP3 surround is backward compatible with ÒNormalÓ MP3 while preserving the full 5.1 channel separation. You will need to use the DivX player 6.4 to take advantage of 5.1 audio decoding.
Automatically configures encode settings for requested output file size
User needs to choose only the required output file size, the application does the rest.
Create and load custom profiles
Manage encoding settings using custom profiles.
Preview video crop and resize settings
Real-time updations of video based on user specified crop and resize values.
Batch control
Re-order, Re-configure and Remove encodes from the batch.
Audio track preview
Playback input audio tracks to confirm correct selection for encode.
Track information tagging
Tag audio and subtitle tracks with descriptive information.
Pause and resume encodes
Resume from paused encode stage.
Post encode plugins
Add and configure plugins which will run after an encode has successfully finished.
CLI version of application for scripting
Use the CLI version of application for automated batch encodes. System Requirements Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
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