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DivX and DivX Player are trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc.

Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
2. What's new in this version
2. Installation requirements
3. Installation instructions
4. DivX Player walk-through
5. Known issues
6. Technical support

Introduction
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The DivX Player is the official player application for DivX(tm) video content.
The DivX(tm) codec (compressor-decompressor) is an extremely high quality,
MPEG-4 based video codec that is gaining popularity as the "MP3 of video."

You may use the DivX Player to play content encoded in versions 3.11 alpha
and later of the DivX codec, including AVI-based and DivX MPEG-4 based file
formats.

If you have questions about the DivX Player, please visit our web site at
<http://www.divx.com>.


What's new in this version
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This version of the DivX Player fixes some bugs that were present
in version 2.0 Alpha 3, and also introduces some new functionality.
The full list of what's new is available at:
<http://www.divx.com/divx/divxplayer_versions.php>.

Installation requirements
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The DivX Player requires the following minimum configuration to run:

* Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
* Pentium-II 450 MHz or faster processor
* At least 64 MB of RAM
* 8 MB (or greater) video card
* 3 MB free hard drive space

(NOTE: Additional hard drive space will be required for downloaded
movies)

You must also have DirectX version 3.0 or later installed for the DivX
Player to operate properly. You can download the latest version of
DirectX at <http://www.microsoft.com/directx>.

Installation instructions
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The DivX Player is optionally installed as a part of the DivX or
DivX Pro video software bundle. Follow the installation instructions
for those products to install the DivX Player.

**Which files are installed?**

The DivX Player installer installs the following files on your system:

* DivX Player 2.0 Alpha.exe (The DivX Player Application)
* DivXPlayer.dbf (An encrypted files used to store user settings)
* playerModel.enc (An encrypted, hidden file used for player initialization)
* README.txt (This README file)
* License.txt (The License agreement of this software)
* Skins (The skins folder containing the included skins)

**Uninstalling the DivX Player**

Go to Start menu in Windows, go to Programs->DivX->Remove DivX Bundle.
Click "Yes" in the DivX Uninstall Confirmation
Box, wait for program to uninstall, and click "OK."

DivX Player walk-through
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The default DivX Player interface consists of seven main buttons. These are:
Rewind, Stop, Play/Pause, Fast Forward, Fullscreen Mode, and Open. Volume
control is situated on a slider bar.

Right clicking your mouse anywhere on the DivX Player, or clicking the
"Menu" button at the upper left of the Player window will open a menu of
options, described below:

* Open...
Opens a video file for playback. (As a shortcut, you can also use the Ctrl+O
hotkey, or click the Open button in the bottom right corner.

* Change Playback Mode -> Compact Mode and Fullscreen Mode
Lets you view your video in one of these modes. Compact mode is a small
screen and Fullscreen Mode maximizes the video and plays on top of all other
open windows. Window modes may be changed by right-clicking on the window
and selecting a new window mode (or returning to normal mode).

* Set Aspect Ratio -> TV / Wide / Custom / Free
These settings allow you to fix the playback aspect ratio to TV (4:3), Wide
(16:9), or custom (user defined) ratios. Once the aspect ratio is fixed, any
resizing of the window will be constrained to that aspect ratio. Selecting
the Free option allows the user to click and drag the bottom right hand
corner of the Player and resize the window free of any aspect ratio
constraints.

* Change Video Size -> Normal / Half / Double
The Change Video Size option lets the user alter the size of DivX Player to
Half Size, Original Size and Double Size.

* Choose Player Skin...
Opens the skin browser and lets the user preview and select skins that are
installed in the Skins directory.

* Options...
Allows you to set the default post processing level for video playback.

* About DivX Player
Supplies copyright and version information about this version of the DivX
Player. Also provides a listing of keyboard shortcuts.

* Join the DivX Newsletter...
Pops up a dialog box that allows the user to register for the DivX
Newsletter.

* Help
Launches a web browser session to the DivX.com Player support site.

* Exit
Exit closes both the video you're watching and DivX Player.

**How to play a video with the DivX Player**

1. Open the DivX Player

2. Click the Open button (or right click anywhere on DivX Player,
or choose Ctrl+O)

3. Choose the video file you want to watch

4. Enjoy the DivX video!

Known issues
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Nothing is perfect, and this version of the DivX Player includes some
known issues that might affect your usability of the application. The list
of known issues is available at:
divxplayer_knownissues

Please be sure to review the list of known issues before submitting a
bug. But if you do find a problem that isn't included on the known
issues list, please let us know at <support@divx.com>.

Technical support
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For technical support questions, please go to
divx.com/support