1) Playback performance

Playback Performance

There are several steps you can take to improve DivX playback performance. First, make sure you have the most up-to-date drivers for your graphics card and the latest version of DirectX. You will also want your hardware and DirectDraw accelerations to be fully enabled. To check your hardware acceleration settings, open the “Display Properties” control panel and click the “Settings” tab followed by the ‘Advanced’ button. Finally, click on the “Troubleshoot” tab to ensure that your Hardware Acceleration is set to “Full.” Also make sure your Color Quality is set to “24-bit or higher.”

To check the DirectDraw settings, go to Start > Run and enter “DXDIAG”, then click ‘OK.’ From DXDiag, click the “Display 1” tab and make sure DirectDraw Acceleration is enabled. Repeat this process for the “Display 2” tab if it is visible.

Finally, do not use any other applications to play video at the same time as DivX. Other media players, web cameras and/or video editing applications may all try to access a resource called the hardware overlay, which is generally required for high-performance playback. If any other application is using the hardware overlay your DivX playback will be sub-optimal.