USER GUIDE DivX Converter for Windows User Guide Contents Install and Setup______3 DivX Converter Profiles______5 Using DivX Converter______7 Help______12

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 2 Introduction

Welcome to the DivX Converter for Windows user guide. Recent updates to the DivX 7 software means good news for DivX Converter. Simply put, DivX Converter is the easiest way to convert your digital videos into the high-quality, highly compressed DivX® media format. The updated DivX Converter in the DivX Pro 7 software introduces the DivX Plus™ HD profile, allowing you to encode your high definition videos into the H.264 (.mkv) format with AAC audio in just one easy step. (That’s part of the good news we mentioned earlier.) And because we believe that high-quality video deserves high-quality audio, AAC audio encoding has been added to DivX Converter as the ideal complement to your H.264 video. Get more information on H.264, the new standard for high definition digital video, and AAC audio.

The key advantage of DivX video over other media formats is the ability to play your videos beyond your computer. DivX Converter lets you create DivX videos that can be played on any computer or DivX Certified® device, including DVD players, portable media players, in-car devices and even mobile phones. Please note that to play DivX Plus HD (.mkv) files on a DivX Certified device, your device will require DivX Plus HD certification.

In this guide you will learn how to:

• Convert your videos to DivX format (. or .mkv) • Combine multiple videos into a single DivX file INSTALL & SETUP • Tweak your file settings, including video profile, resolution, output file size and encoding bitrate to customize your videos • Learn about our new DivX Plus HD profile

Let’s get started...

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 3 Install and Setup

Downloading and Installing DivX Converter Registering DivX Converter

When you download DivX software from DivX.com, you will first see an installation (.exe) file. DivX Converter is part of DivX Pro 7 for Windows, and is also available as a free 15-day Depending on your Internet browser, you may receive the following prompts: trial in the free DivX 7 for Windows download. After the 15-day trial expires, you’ll have to purchase DivX Pro 7 to continue using the full version of DivX Converter. To get DivX Pro 7, click the “Purchase” button in the trial screen that opens when your DivX Converter trial Internet Explorer: Firefox: expires and follow the instructions to buy.

After upgrading, you’ll receive a serial number by email. Open DivX Converter, and click the “Enter Serial Number” button. A product registration screen will First, click ‘Run’ or ‘Save’ in Internet Explorer, or ‘Save File’ in Firefox followed by clicking open. the button to ‘Open’ or ‘Run’ the DivX Installer. The set-up wizard will open, prompting you to select your language and some basic install preferences.

Enter your DivX Pro 7 serial number and click “Register” following each entry. When your product(s) have been successfully registered, the serial numbers will disappear and the status displayed to the right of the product name in this window will change to “Registered”. With the full version of DivX Converter on your computer, you’ll no longer receive the trial prompt window and can continue converting all your videos into the DivX format.

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 4 DivX Converter Profiles

DivX Converter will handle most of your popular file formats (e.g. WMV, AVI, MKV, and MOV) and convert them to the .divx and .mkv format in just a click of a button. For more detailed information, view a full list of supported file formats for DivX Converter. Additionally, you can add support to encode MPG, VOB, TS and SVCD files with the optional MPEG-2/DVD Plug-in (US $9.99).

With your videos in the DivX format, you can play them on your computer or on your TV and on the go with a variety of DivX Certified devices (DVD players, gaming consoles, mobile phones, etc.). Check this long list of DivX Certified devices—or just keep a look out for the DivX logo when you purchase your next consumer electronics device.

The new DivX Plus HD profile introduces H.264 video and AAC audio technology along with the MKV container to the DivX family. H.264 is the new standard for high definition (HD) digital video, and for good reason. A codec based on the H.264 standard compresses a digital video file so that it only uses half the space of MPEG-2 (the DVD standard), to deliver the same quality video. This means you can enjoy stunning HD video the way it was meant to be seen without sacrificing speed or performance.

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), the preferred audio format for high definition videos, is a substantial improvement on the well-known MP3 format and has become the standard for high-quality digital audio. The AAC standard is the perfect complement to the H.264 DIVX CONVERTER PROFILES video technology that powers the DivX Pro 7 software. High definition H.264/AAC videos fit best into anMKV container. With its unique ability to store multiple formats and media features (subtitles, audio tracks, etc.) in a single container, MKV has quickly gained in popularity becoming the preferred file extension for high definition video. These three technologies help make up the new DivX Plus HD profile to deliver a cinematic video experience on your computer and beyond.

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 5 DivX Converter Profiles

The following table defines the specifications for each of the six DivX Converter

Home DivX Plus Profile HD 720p HD 1080p Mobile Theater HD

720 x 480 1980 x 1080 1980 x 1080 Maximum (30 fps) 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (30 fps) 320 x 240 Resolution 720 x 576 (30 fps) 1280 x 720 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (25 fps) (60 fps) (fps>30)

Maximum 40500 108000 244800 244800 9000 Bitrate

Maximum 20 Mbit/s Average 4000 kbps 8000 kbps 20000 kbps 600 kbps (VCL) Bitrate

Maximum 20 Mbit/s 8000 kbps 32000 kbps 36000 kbps (VCL same 12500 kbps Peak Bitrate as average)

DivX Converter has six preset profiles. Choose the profile that best matches the device Minimum 25 Mbit on which you expect to play your DivX video. Options include: VBV Buffer 385 KB 768 KB 2097 KB (VCL main 80 KB Size level 4.0) • Home Theater (e.g. DVD players, digital recorders) Bi- • DivX Plus HD (e.g. DivX Plus HD Blu-ray players) directional Yes Yes Yes Yes No Enconding • High Definition 720p (e.g. High Definition DVD players, digital televisions) Support • High Definition 1080p (e.g. High Definition DVD players, digital televisions) Interlaced • Mobile (e.g. Smartphones, personal multimedia players, personal digital Video Yes Yes Yes Yes No Support assistants, in-car navigation devices with video playback)

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 6 Using DivX Converter to convert a video is as easy as 1-2-3:

Step 1. Drag and drop your video files from any folder onto DivX Converter.

Step 2. Choose a video profile for conversion.

Step 3. Click the “Convert” button.

DivX Converter will alert you when your file has been converted

Once the file is done converting, you can click on “View Files” to open up the folder containing your new converted DivX file. Your default DivX movies directory is typically located at USING DIVX CONVERTER C:\Documents and Settings\[your profile name]\My Documents\My Videos\DivX Movies. Learn how to change the location of that directory in the Preferences section of this User Guide

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 7 Using DivX Converter

Combine Videos

To combine more than one video file into a single video, drag and drop all the videos you want to convert into DivX Converter and click “View List.”

Check the “Combine videos into a single DivX file” box, close the window and click “Convert”.

• DivX Converter does not combine .vob files • Your final video will take the name of the first video in your list, but you can rename it later • Each video listed in the menu will reflect the filename of the original video. To change, rename the original file before starting to convert

MPEG-2/DVD Plug-in

You can add support to DivX Converter to encode MPG, VOB, TS and SVCD files with the optional MPEG-2/DVD Plug-in (US $9.99). This allows you to backup your personal DVDs and more.

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 8 Using DivX Converter

File Settings Output Settings

In this section you will learn how to adjust your output settings and insert additional This tab lets you change profiles and file size. audio tracks and subtitles into your converted media. Certification Profile

To adjust your file settings, click “View List” after dragging and dropping in the file(s) On the “Output Settings” tab, you can select the profile you want to encode into and you want to convert. Highlight the video you want to change file settings for and select change the output size of your converted video. You may have already selected the profile “Modify” for additional options. after you drag and dropped your file onto DivX Converter.

Limit File Size To

These options are split into This setting determines the two tabs: file size of your converted • Output Settings video. If you plan to burn your • Media Options converted DivX video onto a CD for example, choose that option from the drop down list.

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 9 Using DivX Converter

Advanced File Settings Media Options For Advanced File Output Settings options, click the “Advanced” button. Here you can Click the “Media Options” tab to include features such as additional audio tracks. manually change the resolution and encoding bitrate of your video. To manually enter the desired custom resolution check the “Use Custom Resolution” box and click on the lock icon to un-lock any restraints DivX Converter may impose on the resolution of your files. To make any changes to the total average bitrate you will need to check the “Limit Select Audio Tracks Total Average Bitrate to” box to activate the sliders allowing you to make any desired changes to the audio and video bitrate. If your source video has more than one audio soundtrack, DivX Converter will give you options to include them in your final converted video. Check the boxes next to the audio tracks you want to include and click “OK.” These options give you more control over how your video will be converted. Close the Advanced File Output Settings menu by clicking the “<< Simple” button. Maintain Source Audio

This option is available only with AC3 and MP3 audio, and is also not available with Mobile/qmobile profiles or with combining of videos. If you want to maintain the source audio for one particular session, make sure to check this option.

Select Subtitle Tracks

If your source video has more than one subtitle track, DivX Converter will give you options to include them in your final converted video. Check the boxes next to the subtitles you want to include and click “OK.”

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 10 Using DivX Converter

Preferences

Change your DivX Converter preferences by right-clicking anywhere on the face of the application and choosing “Preferences.” In the preferences window, you can change your General Preferences, Process Preferences, Default Audio Preferences, the location of your DivX Movies folder and set the temporary folder where files are saved during the conversion process.

Process Preferences

Here you can change the encoding priority level for DivX Converter. This will allow you to set the processing level for encoding in DivX Converter to coincide with any other software running at the same time.

Default Audio Preferences

If you would like to enable the “Maintain source audio” as a default (this would preserve the audio track of all inputted files, for all sessions), you can right-click anywhere on the face of the application and select “Preferences…”. From there you can check “Maintain source audio” under the “Default Audio Preferences”.

DivX Converter for Windows - User Guide 11 Help

DivX Converter is the easiest way to convert your digital videos into the DivX format, but if you get stuck, our Support team is ready to assist. Visit us at http://support.divx.com.

And that’s all, folks. Enjoy DivX Converter!

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