[MPlayer-users] Re: divx6

bond b-o-n-d at gmx.net
Mon Jun 27 18:51:50 CEST 2005


> 2005/6/23, Jakub Misak <jmisak at atlas.cz>:
> > Yes. And it's called the "DivX Media Format" (not "DivX" or ".divx" or
> > "DivX format").
> >
> > See here:
> >
> > http://www.divx.com/divx/dmf.php
>
> There is a  test file (61Mb) here
> http://trailers.divx.com/dmf/RevelationsSmall.divx that can be used
> for testing.
>
> But the info stills saying it is an avi file:
>
> $file RevelationsSmall.divx
> RevelationsSmall.divx: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 640 x 352,
> 29.97 fps, video: DivX 5, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
>
> Mplayer plays it as a normal divx5 avi file.

divx6 .divx files are simply .avi files with the changed extension

the difference to .avi is that there can be proprieatary chapter, subs and
menu info be stored in the file
still for audio and video .divx is exactly the same as .avi (for keeping
compatibility with existing software and hardware divx players)





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