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DivX Converter Version History


This is the version history of DivX Converter 6xand 7x for Windows operating systems. We also maintain a list of known issues in the current version.

Version 7.1
Released 2009-06-2

New:
  • New Localizations: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Portuguese
  • MKV input
  • Native handling of MP4 and MOV files containing H.264 and AAC
  • Pass-through of AC3 audio tracks without an AC3 filter
  • Pass-through of MP3 and AAC audio tracks
  • Optimally configures AC3 filter depending on profile
  • Combine multiple files into one video for any profile, including DivX Plus HD

Version 6.6
Released 2008-01-10

New:
  • Support for QuickTime file formats (MOV, QT and MP4) if the user has QuickTime 5+ installed on their computer
  • Support for the new DivX 1080HD profile.
  • An option to maintain source audio that allows users to keep the original audio track of the input file
  • Support for adding external subtitles to a file (the external subtitle file must be in the same forlder and with the same name as the input file for the DivX Conveter to recognize it)
  • An option has been added to allow a user to set priorities for the Converter application
  • Spanish language support was added
Improved:
  • DivX Converter now utilizes the latest DivX Codec 6.8 for encoding

Version 6.5.1
Released 2007-09-06

Fixed:
  • An encoding but that would sometimes cause 16x9 content to convert to the wrong aspect ratio has been resolved.

Version 6.5
Released 2007-07-30

New:
  • Support for Mobile and qMobile profiles
  • Files can be combined with different frame rates and resolution accessed by a menu. Note: Not available with .vob files
Improved:
  • Vista support
  • DivX Converter now utilizes the DivX Codec 6.6.1 for encoding


Version 6.2.1
Released 2006-09-04

Fixed:
  • A graphics bug that would sometimes cause the progress bar to remain visible at the end of an encode.
  • Aspect ratios for MPEG-2 files.
  • Added additional support for ADPCM audio.
  • Added support for MPEG files with ID3 tags.
  • Several audio sync issues.


Version 6.2
Released 2006-08-03

Fixed:
  • DivX Converter now utilizes the DivX Codec 6.2.5 for encoding.
  • Normal conversions (no subtitles and no combines) should now pass the Stage6 upload process without error.
  • Unknown error ‘5093’ has now been fixed.
  • Some aspect ratio bugs have also been fixed in this release.


Version 6.1.1
Released 2006-02-21

Fixed:
  • Movies can now be saved to any user-specified folder, including those with unusual permissions, such as the "My Documents\My Videos" folder


Version 6.1
Released 2006-02-01

New:
  • DivX Converter now uses the improved DivX 6.1.1 codec
  • The temp directory that DivX Converter uses during an encode is now customizable
  • The DivX Movies folder (Output folder) can now be changed from within DivX Converter
  • A customizable file size limit can now be selected for any input video format
  • A customized output resolution can now be set
  • You can now choose what audio and video bitrates to use
  • The DivX Converter icon in the system tray now shows progress when you hover your mouse over it
Fixed:
  • DivX Converter now leverages hyperthreaded and multiple CPU architectures
  • DivX Converter will no longer silently change the output resolution to a smaller sizei simply to force the output file size to be smaller than the input file size
  • Unknown error 5090 should occur less often


Version 6.0.3
Released 2005-10-18

New:
  • Now supports Motion JPEG input (MJPEG)
  • Includes Converter version number (CTRL+ALT+A)
Fixed:
  • Bug where the codec would create a green or black stripe in the output video
  • Bug where the subtitle interleaving was incorrect
  • Error in the creation of a DivX Media File that would show an "out of hard drive space" error
  • Issues on foreign operating systems with doublebyte characters
  • Several small localization bugs


Version 6.0.2
Released 2005-08-08

Fixed:
  • Issue causing Metadata to show an incorrect frame rate
  • Unknown error 5025 for audio input that had low sampling rate
  • C++ runtime error during menu creation on a foreign OS
  • Cleaned up temp files when batching encoding files
  • Unknown error 5025 when decoding AC3 audio
  • Issue causing subtitles to be poorly positioned on some hardware players