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Re: Beware - Divx codec is Adware
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lugnet.animation
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Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:27:53 GMT
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In lugnet.publish.cinema, Stefan van Zwam writes:
> Hello people,
>
> One needs to be cautious indeed about this, but things are not as dark as
> they appear. When you start your download from the DivX website, it clearly
> gives you the choice between 3 versions: DivX Free - This one has no AdWare,
> can play all DivX-encoded films but lacks some encoding options to create
> your own films. This is the one you'll want to download, it's what I use for
> my films, as do all other BrickFilms forum members who encode in DivX>DivX Pro Free (AdWare) - This is the dangerous one. It gives you more
> control over encoding (if you want to spend time understanding all these
> options), but comes with the AdWare. This must be the version James
> downloaded.
> DivX Pro $30 - This is a safe version, but not free.
>
> I hope this clears things up. To be complete, the DivX website is
> http://www.divx.com/. Now go and see these films, there are some great ones
> out there!
>
> And for the record: from which website did you download it?
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> Stefan.
Thanks for the info, Stefan. I'll go get the "free" basic version, as I'm
just watching movies, not making them (yet).
As for where I downloaded it, it was TitanPictures, I believe. There's a
link for divxcodec.exe.
James
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