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DivX Gershwin - 5.0b2

DiVX Pro video encoder/decoder

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Version 5.0b2:	(2.0)
Selected Version:	5.0b2
Release Date:	2003-04-05
License:	Beta
Downloads (version 5.0b2):	504
Downloads (all versions):	575,685

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Product Description:

One word: ENCODER. You asked for it, and now you have it. This beta release includes, for the first time anywhere, a bonafide DivX video encoder on Mac OS. We've also included new PowerPC G4 and G3 optimizations and a DivX Decoder Configuration application (which serves the same purpose as its Windows cousin). The DivX Validator application is largely unchanged in this release.

This version includes encoding features comparable to the DivX Pro product on Windows. Once installed, you will have 15 days to trial the software. After the 15 days, the software will be disabled (although you can continue to decode video), and you should visit www.divx.com for details on a final product release.

If you don't know how to encode video on Mac OS, find someone who does and ask them for help. Suffice you say, you'll need to use the DivX encoder in conjunction with an application that encodes video. QuickTime Pro will also do the trick.

This version also includes an MPEG 1 Layer 3 encoder, known as the "DivX MP3 Encoder". The encoder is implemented as a QuickTime audio codec component, and can be configured through the DivX video export options dialog.

What's new in this version:

Includes a DivX Pro encoder instead of the DivX encoder included in Gershwin Beta 1. Use of the DivX Pro encoder is limited to 15 days after initial installation.
Includes an MP3 encoder codec so that users can encode DivX video files with MP3 audio. For licensing reasons, the MP3 encoder is limited to 15 days of use after installation. (If we let you use it longer, we'd have to pay Fraunhofer money for every download.) The MP3 encoder codec requires QuickTime 6.
Fixed problem when encoding from VBR audio sources (such as MPEG-4 AAC)
Fixed problem with audio encoding using un-initiated audio compression settings
Fixed frames per second calculation error with MPEG-2 (.vob) files
Fixed crash that occurred when encoding from a movie which had been resized in QuickTime

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS 9.x with CarbonLib 1.2.6, or
Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
G3 400 or better
Video acceleration card with QuickTime support (ATI, NVIDIA)
QuickTime 6.0 or higher

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Installer may cause kernel panic - Version: 7.2, 11/17/2009 06:10PM PST

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mcalmus

The last part of the installation executes an AppleScript designed to tell Safari to refresh its plugin list. Unfortunately to do this the folks at DivX decided to go through the process list. This is an unsafe operation, particularly when you have many programs running. On my machine it paniced the kernel. I highly recommend either doing a manual install using Pacifist or only installing with no programs running.

The problematic AppleScript is this:

tell application "System Events"
set myList to (name of every process)
end tell