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Technical Questions

Does Connected support global motion compensation (GMC) ?

GMC is not officially supported, but will playback in most cases.

Does Connected support quarter pixel (Qpel)?

Qpel is not officially supported, but will playback in most cases

Does DivX Connected support zoom on video files?

Zoom is not supported for video files.

Does DivX Connected support slow playback and slow reverse, or frame-by-frame?

Slow Fwd after Pause is supported (use the right arrow key). Slow back is not.

Does Connected support simple profile(s), advanced profile(s)?

Yes.

What is the supported maximum resolution of a video file?

It depends on the devivce. The DSM-330 will play all resolutions up to 720p. It will play some low bit rate1080p content (~6-8Mbps). DivX Connected will support higher resolutions as devices become available.

Is there support for matroska (.mkv) container format?

No. Possibly in the future with a server software update.

The flexibility of the DivX Connected platform however, may allow other formats to be supported. Check out this post by kamiwa:

http://labs.divx.com/node/1186

How does the "on the fly transcoding" work?

The file is decoded on the PC using the Direct Show system and then re-encoded into DivX in real time.

Which codecs can be used for high definition?

DivX, XviD and WMV (just remember that WMV is transcoded on the PC)

Is WMV 9, and WMV HD supported? What is the maximum resolution?

Yes, up to 720p

Connected Plug-ins

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