DivX Pro 5.0.4 Schizo beta 3

About Schizo beta and the EKG: The DivX Schizo beta release is a bug fix release for DivX 5.0.3 and includes the first version of the EKG (Electrokompressiongraph) application, a new gadget from the R&D labs of DARC. The EKG enables an advanced video compressionist to reallocate data to specific scenes within a video clip. We need your feedback regarding the new DivX Codec release and the new EKG application so we can make sure we squashed all our bugs and make sure we get back to building the features you really want to see. It’s been too long since we’ve added some really cool features. This is going to change, since we’re now back from making sure DivX moves beyond the PC and into all types of interesting non-PC devices. The EKG is just one of the new apps and features we’ve created due to community demand.What’s New in DivX Schizo beta 3:

What’s Fixed in DivX:

Fixed:

* 1 Pass and Nth Pass? undersized file should be fixed

* Certain dark sequences would produce a long period of frames using a Quantizer

of 31.

* Psychovisual Enhancement field sometimes displayed "Custom" instead

of Light when unselected

* "Do not prompt with errors and warnings" would select itself when

random characters were entered in the CLI after the "-key" option

* When "-d 3" option was entered in the CLI field, "Source interlace"

became blank.

* Max bitrate would not update at times.

* DirectShow decoder postprocessing slider became disabled with ATI radeon 9700

Graphics card

* DirectShow decoder would "fast forward" when seeking backwards. This

could cause synch issues when re-encoding DivX Files using the DivX Decoder Filter.

What’s Fixed in EKG:

* Windows 98 OS would give an Error when EKG was exited.

* Clicking on FFwd (Rewind)/Left End (Right End) in "Actual Size" preview

window switches the screen to Main window

* Seeking for EKG was horribly slow. Updated the DivX Decoder to enable more efficent

seeking.

* Clicking on FFwd (Rewind)/Left End (Right End) in "Actual Size" preview

window would switch the screen to Main window.

* Moving "Legend" icon would create brown colored patches

* EKG would not warn the user when electing a log file that does not match the

video file.

* Garbled (noisy and slow ..) audio heard during the seeking of preview video

* Seeking to the request frame from the previous keyframe upon pressing "previous

frame" button on the EKG.

* "Seeking" to a previous frame" button was disabled upon pressing

"seek to first frame".

* "Seek to next frame" button was disabled upon pressing "seek

to last frame".

Known Issues

* A Frame selected for editing and the respective displayed scene video preview

may be offset by a single frame.

What’s New in DivX Schizo beta 2:

  What’s Fixed:

  * Fixed a problem where the DivX Codec and EKG Beta Trial would not work unless

  you were a registered user of DivX Pro. Now anyone can beta test the Schizo

  release, even people who are not registered users of DivX Pro.

What’s New in DivX Schizo beta 1:

  What’s New:

  * EKG (Electrokompressiongraph) application now comes bundled with DivX Pro.

  What’s Fixed:

  * Various cosmetic fixes in the Encoder GUI

  o Do not prompt Error unchecked as default fixed.

  o Light Psychovisual enabled itself automatically when exiting the CLI field.

  o Max bitrate reset itself to x10 the average when going in the "profile"

  tab

  * MPEG-4 "type Indicator" correctly set according to selected encoding

  parameters

  * No more green first frame at very high bitrates.

  * Crashes with K6-2 should be fixed now

  * Decoder updates the display to the appropriate frame when seeking

  * Decoder remembers the postprocessing settings

  * Fixed some memory leaks related to Psychovisual and nth Pass mode

  * Nth pass RC is tweaked to minimize the usage of high quantizer

  * Nth pass doesn’t create an empty frames at the beginning of the clip

  * Brightness/Saturation sliders now working correctly.

  What’s Changed:

  * The new RC doesn’t use Q=1 frames anymore

  * No stuffing used, bitrate can be too low in some extreme cases.

  * Strategy planning for rate control is much faster now

  * Better tracking of the planned RC strategy creating more consistent quality

The Quality Assurance (QA) period will run for about two weeks starting Friday,

  2003-03-21. All the results must be e-mailed back to us by Monday, 2003-04-07

  at the latest. Intermediate results are welcome. Please submit your bugs through

  our bug submission form and you can discuss your bugs and feedback with others

  and us in the DivX Beta Release Feedback Forum.

Thanks, have fun, and don’t hurt yourself.

NOTE: Because the Schizo beta release includes DivX Pro level features, this

  is a time-limited release. It will expire after 30 days

This is beta software. Caveat cupitor. For personal use only.

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