What is a DivX File?
DivX is created by DivX, Inc. This type of file is a codec that compresses large, bulky video files into smaller sizes while maintaining high visual quality. The codec comes with a DivX media player that is available for download- which is free, however there is also a premium version of the DivX software that does cost money and gives you a few extra professional tools. It should be noted that DivX is one of the most popular and powerful codecs to “rip” DVD’s and other larger video files. In fact, many people take an ordinary DVD file and convert it to DivX to upload, making it a much smaller file- up to 90% less. Most full length feature movies can be transferred from an 8 GB DVD to about 800MB files. DivX not only includes the video portion of the file, but can also include Dolby soundtracks and subtitles. It should be noted that many new DVD players also include the ability to play DivX files making it easy to download movies off the Internet, burning them to a DVD recordable disc
