Reference Information

DivX 3.11 is a legacy technology that is not MPEG-4 compatible

–Requires different decoding algorithms – cannot be decoded by a generic MP 4 decoder.

–Constitutes about 45% of the DivX content on the Internet today.

Open DivX is a MPEG-4 Simple Profile Implementation. –Released to the Internet community in Jan/2001

DivX 4.x is a highly optimized MPEG-4 Simple Profile Implementation. –Released Aug/2001.

DivX 5.0 – 5.02 is a MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile Implementation. –Released Mar/2002.

DivX 5.1 is a MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile Implementation stabilized an d optimized for CE devices.

–Released Nov/2002; GMC and QPel support are not required for certification.

DivX 5.2.1 is the latest version until now

DivX remains MPEG-4 compatible:

A generic MPEG-4 Simple Profile decoder can decode Open DivX and DivX 4.x content

A generic MPEG-4 Advanced Simple profile decoder can decode content encoded with Open DivX, DivX 4.x and DivX 5.x.

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Samsung DVD-P355B/XET, DVD-P355B/XEU, DVD-P355B/XEH, DVD-P355B/XEG DivX remains MPEG-4 compatible, Samsung Electronics 14-13

DVD-P355B/XEL, DVD-P355B/XEU, DVD-P355B/XET, DVD-P355B/XEV, DVD-P355B/FOU specifications

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