1) Getting Started & Layout

Getting started

To start using DivX Player after installation, you can either double-click on the desktop shortcut (these are generally created automatically during installation -- if you haven’t removed them you can use these shortcuts as an easy reference) or find the application under the Start menu > Programs > DivX folder.

Layout

DivX Player opens displaying the central media pane by default and the controls panes on each side. You'll see the menus at the top, the Media Library on the left, the burning engine on the right and playback controls on the bottom.

At the top of the left pane are two view buttons. Clicking either of these buttons changes the central screen display between Media Library (on the left) and Media View (on the right). The central pane will open to the Media View first, where you will eventually see your video play. If you change this to display the Media Library, you will see a list of all the video files stored in DivX Player’s Media Library.

Below the two view buttons is the Media Library pane, giving you options to manage the videos you see in your Media Library view.

This includes an “All Videos” section for files that have been added to the library—both DivX Video-on-Demand downloads and files imported from your hard drive. There's also the Download Manager, showing downloaded files, their download progress and status.



At the bottom are the names of any Playlists you have created for your Media Library files.

The right-hand pane is the burning queue and engine. Get more information on how to burn files in the “How To” section of this guide.

The bottom-center pane shows (from left to right) the basic playback controls, including the Play, Stop, Fast-Forward and Rewind buttons. This section also contains a scrolling bar showing the playback progress of the video and can be dragged to skip backwards or forwards; buttons for entering Full Screen mode, selecting audio and subtitle tracks, menus and chapters, opening the DFX Audio Enhancer control window, the volume control bar, and the ‘Open file’ button. Also, you’ll see a small blue pane that shows the total length and time elapsed of the selected video.