DivX codec 6.2.0 Beta 1

DivX codec 6.2.0 Beta 1 previews just some of the new features that you can expect to see in the next major update to the codec. Included in this beta are options that improve performance and quality for both older machines and those equipped with newer processors.

• Internal resize now supports threading. Performance gains of over 40% can be seen when using the Balanced (default) encoding mode on a Pentium D Extreme Edition CPU and resizing anamorphic D1 material to square pixel (1:1 PAR) equivalent verus the same configuration with threading disabled.
• A new "Enhanced multithreading" performance option is available that can increase encoding rate under circumstances where the input to the encoder is not immediately available. Examples include production suites that render effects during exporting, transcoding a source format with a slower decoder, or encoding in applications with few pipeline optimizations. Typical performance improvement when running on Dual Core systems is around 16%. However, using our Pentium D Extreme Edition system to transcode HuffYUV source in Better quality mode we have seen encoding rate increase by up to 35% (equating to more than 11 frames per second!).
  
  
  

  The new "Enhance multithreading" option

• "Enhance texture" is a new Psychovisual Enhancement method that improves quality for keyframes and reduces the appearance of stray blocks under fast motion. As with other Psychovisual Enhancement methods, the perceptual quality can be higher, although the PSNR metric RD performance is typically lower.
  
  
  

  The new "Enhance texture" Psychovisual Enhancement method

• There is now an MMX version of the MPEG quantization algorithm that may improve encoding rate up to 22% for older processors.

DivX codec 6.2.0 Beta 1 must be installed on top of DivX 6.1.1. During the beta period full DivX Pro functionality is available.

1. Download and install the DivX Create (6.1.1) bundle from DivX.com
2. Download and install DivX codec 6.2.0 Beta 1

Let us know what you thought about this beta! We read all of your comments and they help us improve future versions of the codec. The best place to submit feedback on this update is in the DivX.com forums.