Software Update: DivX 5.1.1

On the website of the popular MPEG4-based video file encoder and decoder DivX, we read that a new version of this software has been released. The release has been given version number 5.1.1 and contains a lot of improvements compared to the previous version:

New:

• Support for generic MP4 FourCC codes which can be enabled/disabled in the DirectShow configuration dialog box.

Changed:

• Psychovisual modeling disabled by default.
• Cosmetic GUI changes have been made to avoid confusion when using MV reuse and specific performance modes.
• Deinterlacing is back in the Standard codec.
• Added bottom field first encoding.
• Smoother DivX logo fade.

Fixed:

Encoder fixes:
• DivX 5.1.1 encoder is up to 112% faster (standard mode) than 5.1 (up to 30% faster than 5.05).
• Standard mode is 105% faster than 5.1.
• The Quality produced by “Fastest” has been significantly improved.
• Blinking bottom line in “fastest” mode fixed.
• Fixed issues with capture applications.
• Various Cosmetic CLI fixes.
• New CLI option “-tff” for “top field first”.

Decoder fixes:

• Resolved a severe performance hit when using the Deringing mode in Postprocessing.
• DirectShow filter property page had a cosmetic issue caused by using large fonts (120dpi).
• Avoids buffer overruns with extremely small picture sizes (less than 80×32).
• Fixed a bug caused by “Auto Post-processing” and SMP/HyperThreading CPUs.
• Issue with n B frames and Deblocking fixed.

[break]The download for Windows systems is here† Those who only want the codec can here click. Unfortunately, Mac and Linux users will have to wait a little longer.