New Release of DivX 5.2 for Mac OS Includes 1-Step
Encoding Wizard for Easy Video Creation
Mac Version of Popular Video Codec Offers Improved Visual Quality and
Performance
San Diego, CA-September 9, 2004-DivXNetworks, Inc., the company that
created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(r) video compression
technology, today announced the release of the DivX 5.2 for Mac OS product
line, including DivX Pro 5.2 for Mac OS, an advanced video encoding
application for professional users. The new version is available for
download at http://www.divx.com/divx/divxpro/mac.
DivX 5.2 for Mac OS offers a number of new features and enhancements,
including an easy-to-use 1-Step video encoder that lets Mac OS users create
high-quality DivX files by simply checking a box within the application,
and an optional MP3 Encoder for audio encoding. The new release also
includes built-in support for DivX(r) Certified encoding profiles, enabling
users to create high-quality DivX video for playback on the full range of
DivX(r) Certified consumer electronics devices, including DVD players,
portable video players, and more.
DivX Pro 5.2 for Mac OS is an advanced video codec that offers 30% better
compression than the DivX 5.2 for Mac OS codec, with no reduction in visual
quality. Professional encoding features in DivX Pro 5.2 for Mac OS include
a unique encoder feedback window, DivX psychovisual modeling technology,
crop and resizing, source preprocessing and black edge removal for further
reduction in file size.
"DivX 5.2 for Mac is the best version of our Mac codec to date, and the new
1-step encoding wizard makes it incredibly easy for Mac users to create
high-quality video on the desktop that can be played back on DivX Certified
DVD players and portable devices," said Jerome "Gej" Rota, creator of DivX
and co-founder of DivXNetworks, Inc.
To learn more about DivX 5.2 for Mac OS, visit
http://www.divx.com/divx/divxpro/mac.
About DivXNetworks
DivXNetworks is a consumer-focused video technology company positioned at
the center of multimedia convergence. The company's core offering is the
DivX (r) video codec, among the world's most popular video compression
technologies with over 130 million users worldwide. Often called "the MP3
of video," the patent-pending DivX video technology offers DVD-quality at
10 times greater compression than MPEG-2 files, enabling full length films
to easily fit on a CD or be delivered over broadband connections. DivX
video technology powers a range of applications that span the convergence
value chain, from a secure IP-based video-on-demand solution to
next-generation consumer electronics products and video software
applications. DivXNetworks is headquartered in San Diego, California, with
satellite offices in Los Angeles and San Jose, CA, Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo,
Japan, Guildford, England and Dortmund, Germany.
