DivX

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Technically speaking, .divx files are based on the AVI container, but may include extra features like Xsub subtitles or chapter titles. DivX Author can also create .divx files that include DVD-like menus that can be enjoyed in DivX Ultra Certified® devices or in DivX Plus Player. DivX Certified devices will play DivX video regardless of whether they're in a .divx or .avi container.

The "DivX" brand is distinct from "DIVX" (Digital Video Express), an unrelated attempt by the now defunct U.S. retailer Circuit City to develop a video rental system requiring special discs and players. The winking emoticon in the early "DivX ;-)" codec name was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the failed DIVX system. The DivX company then adopted the name of the popular DivX ;-) codec (which was not created by them), dropped the smiley and released DivX 4.0, which was actually the first DivX version. (Note that DivX ;-) and DivX are separate products and are created by different people; the former is not an older version of the latter). The DivX name is its trademark. It is pronounced DIV-ex.

A new legal version of DivX ;-) video encoding technology, released by company called DivXNetworks.

Originally the development of DivX codec went something like this:

First there was Microsoft's MPEG-4 codec. Hackers made a more flexible version of it and started calling it DivX ;-) (note the smiley -- name was a pun towards failed DIVX pay-per-view format).

Then more people got into DivX ;-) and there became a reason to build a compatible codec that wouldn't rely on stolen Microsoft code. They formed an open source development team, called at first as OpenDivX and later on as Project Mayo.

Out of this development, a commercial company, called DivXNetworks was launched. First commercial -- although freely available -- codec that was developed by DivXNetworks was DivX v4.

Some developers that were involved with the OpenDivX/Project Mayo phase, didn't drop their open source idea and developed the codec further and now that sidekick is competing against DivXNetworks' "legal DivX" and is called XviD.

How to Convert DVD to DivX?

Believing it or not, best movie resources are still from your DVD collections. Besides watching movies on TV with DVD player, sometimes you may also want to enjoy the films with iPod, iPad, PSP, or PC players; sometimes you may want to back up a special disc; sometimes you want to upload DVD disc content to YouTube but just find only FLV files are accepted...At this moment, you do need to rip DVD to video in common formats. On the other hand, DVD discs takes some space while converting DVD to videos to store the movies on PC will save your space. Needless to say, backing up DVD disc and making DVD copy are necessary to ensure never losing those important data.

The following guide will tell you exactly how to rip and convert DVD movies to video in desired format, like ripping DVD to DivX/MP4/WMV, step by step.

First, it is necessary to install the software: DVD Converter;
Secondly, you should have a DVD disc in your driver or DVD folder in your PC;
Last, make sure your PC has enough free space in a hard disk for saving temporary files.

Step 1: Add DVD Movie to DVD Converter

Launch DVD Converter. Click button “Open DVD” to open a DVD disc (DVD-5 or DVD-9) in your driver or a DVD folder (containing VOB files) in your PC.

Step 2: Specify DVD to Video/Audio Conversion

After DVD titles are all listed in the program, you may go to General Settings or Advanced Settings panel to specify your conversion. Click the drop down arrow under "Target profile" and select a profile from the list. It lists kinds of DVD to video/audio conversion pre-sets, which are specified different dimension, bit rate, codec, file size and so on.

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Step 3: Rip DVD

Click button "Rip DVD" on the top of the tool bar to start DVD to video/audio conversion.

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