Fri 29 Sep 2006
Firstly spotted by Techmundo 2.0 a couple of days ago, DivX Player is probably the coolest free video player for S60 phones. For you who don’t know DivX, here is the description from Wikipedia web site:
DivX is a video codec created by DivX, Inc. (formerly DivXNetworks, Inc.), which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality. DivX uses lossy MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, where quality is balanced against file size for utility.
I have tried DivX player and I think I would make it as my primary video player for S60 (replacing SmartMovie). I will discuss how to convert videos to DivX in my next posting. Meanwhile, you can download the players and enjoy some cool movie trailers from the link at the end of this posting.
Click here to download DivX Player for S60
Bonus Links:
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DivX.com - the official web site of DivX.
Compatible devices: S60 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Nokia N-Series, Nokia E-Series.
Update (31-Dec-06): It seems the current version of DivX Player for Mobile still has some bugs, for example audio synchronization. Please read my other posting here, DivX Player or RealPlayer? Hope that this bug will be fixed in the next release of DivX Player for Mobile. I will keep this posting updated.
Update (10-Jan-07): The updated version of DivX Player for Mobile has been released. This version is not expired on January 1, 2007 any more.
Update (15-Apr-07): Please continue further discussion about DivX Player on Forum.S60Tips.com.
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September 29th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Looks like the DivX Player is the SmartMovie that was bought and customized by DivX, Inc. See the options, help text, font used, and control interfaces… that’s really similar, don’t you think so?
And that means we can enjoy SmartMovie for free legally!
September 29th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
@yuku: I have the same feeling too. There are two possibilities. The first one is as you mentioned. However, I don’t see the points why they’re doing it. Lonely Cat Games is doing very well with their SmartMovie. Why DivX bought it and then give it for free? Where does the money come from?
Second possibility, they just imitate SmartMovie user interface…
September 30th, 2006 at 2:26 am
I’m having issues with Mobile Divx. Apparently I get no sound and very low framerate when watching 700Mb avi’s. But converting from 700Mb to a 363 3gp file gives almost perfect image, framerate and sound using Realplayer as movieplayer.
Anyone know how to fix divx so I can use it?
September 30th, 2006 at 9:24 am
@Daniel: What is the resolution of your video? I have similar experience when using VGA (640 x 480). The audio can still be played, but the video skips. However, when I downgrade it to QVGA (320 x 240), the video can be played smoothly.
October 1st, 2006 at 7:46 am
@Antony Pranata: But see the Demo2.avi file (a clip of a cat) bundled with the DivX Player. It is the same as the one bundled with SmartMovie. I don’t think a company as big as DivX, Inc. dare to put the exact same file and exact same help text. They could have made better ones if they really make it by themselves.
Maybe DivX, Inc pay a very large amount (very!) to Lonely Cat Games… how do you think?
October 1st, 2006 at 9:24 am
@yuku: That’s a very good question…
I don’t have the answer right now. I will try to find out more information about it.
October 1st, 2006 at 6:26 pm
All i get is black screen when i start the player on my N91. I dont see any options or controls.
whats wrong?
October 1st, 2006 at 9:15 pm
@bazza: Interesting case. I have tried DivX Player in N91 yesterday and it worked fine.
October 4th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
uh thanks Antony but that didnt help much. Anyways, i did a hard reset and its working now. I have to say, its looking really nice and its FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! all the sweetness of smartmovie without the extra cost…..i paid 4 times for smartmovie cos’ i changed devices
October 9th, 2006 at 4:11 am
wanna try again
October 9th, 2006 at 4:11 am
seem so hard to download it ?
October 9th, 2006 at 10:34 am
@lele: Firstly, you have to register the account first. I agree it is a little complicated to download because we have to register, activate the account, etc.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
works fine on n70
October 21st, 2006 at 8:04 am
At least, Lonely cat or smartmovie is having a rival and not lonely anymore in terms of offering and creating a quality video player for our s60 phones in particular.
October 21st, 2006 at 8:04 am
At least, Lonely cat or smartmovie is having a rival and not lonely anymore in terms of offering and creating a quality video player for our s60 phones in particular.
October 21st, 2006 at 8:09 am
@mobilephoneextreme: I fully agree with you. Let’s see what LonelyCat will do to win the competition. Nowadays, I am using DivX Player only (not using SmartMovie any more).
November 6th, 2006 at 6:41 am
wonderfullllllllll
November 6th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Anyone having problem downloading to a Nokia N80. Using the s60 3rd editions I get the error that it is not supported. Any ideas why ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
November 9th, 2006 at 7:47 am
Im having issues even dloading it. i go to the site http://mobile.divx.com/login/ but it tries to dload xhtml files?
thanks
November 9th, 2006 at 8:43 am
@John and sam: Which browser did you use to download the file? I would recommend to download it from the PC first via Firefox or IE.
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:00 pm
thank you
November 26th, 2006 at 10:58 am
I try download DivX player for 3rd S60 (Nokia 3250) via my mobile phone, but after download install process doesn\’t start. I saved xhtml page with download links, transfered this page to PC and used direct link from page. For 3rd S60 direct link is http://mobile.divx.com/DivXPlayer_S60_3rd.sisx.
November 26th, 2006 at 11:06 am
@bodya: Thanks for the additional information.
November 27th, 2006 at 9:36 am
this program can open legends files like .sub or .srt??
December 15th, 2006 at 9:53 am
sir i have a one nokia 6233 please send divx player for my mobile
December 15th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
@boobalan: Unfortunately Nokia 6233 is not a S60 phone. So, you can’t use this software on your phone.
December 19th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
after instal divx in my mobile(nokia 3230)movie is runing with our sound what to do?is there is any special codec?
December 19th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
hi antony u r doing good job,while running movies is the latest version of divx in my mobile(nokia 3230)i cannot get sound what to do pls reply
December 19th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
@vijayanand: Can you play sample movies provided by DivX Mobile web site?
December 21st, 2006 at 12:19 pm
how can I dowenload divx?
December 21st, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Try this direct download link:
S60 2nd: http://mobile.divx.com/DivXPlayer_S60.sis
S60 3rd: http://mobile.divx.com/DivXPlayer_S60_3rd.sisx
December 31st, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Hi, I am using nokia N73 and i downloaded divx player for S60 3rd edition. I checked and my fone\’s resolution is 320×240, so i used media coder to convert the video clips. the problem is sometimes during the clip, the video and the sound suddenly lagg and stutter. They do not go out of place, but they shutter and lagg….how can i fix this?
December 31st, 2006 at 5:55 pm
@Scipio: I have experienced the same problem. It seems this version of DivX Player for Mobile still has some bugs. Please read my other posting here http://www.s60tips.com/2006/12/06/divx-player-or-realplayer/. It explains some problems that I have with DivX Player for Mobile.
January 1st, 2007 at 1:37 am
please help me , i have a problem with divx player because i try to play some video and shows a message that the testing version is expired and download the latest version
someone help me
January 1st, 2007 at 7:46 am
I am using nokia N80 and i downloaded divx player for S60 3rd edition. I checked and my fone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s resolution is 320×240, so i used media coder to convert the video clips. the problem is sometimes during the clip, the video and the sound suddenly lagg and stutter. They do not go out of place
January 1st, 2007 at 11:46 am
@Victor: I noticed the same thing with the current version of DivX Player for Mobile. It seems the developer has not released a new version yet. Please read also my latest posting here, http://www.s60tips.com/2007/01/01/divx-player-for-mobile-is-expired/.
January 1st, 2007 at 11:47 am
@kom: Yes, you are right. DivX Player seems to have audio synchronization problem some videos. Please read also my posting here, http://www.s60tips.com/2006/12/06/divx-player-or-realplayer/.
That’s why for now, I would recommend to switch to RealPlayer.
January 3rd, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I use it in my n-gage qd, but now it seems that the program expired and there is no new version in the website. Any idea?
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 pm
@rui: I don’t think there is nothing we can do now except waiting for the developers to release the new version. I will keep this posting updated when the new release comes.
January 4th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Require dvix
January 4th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
to rui i had the same problem but thanks to antony for the tip, divx player works awesome, only change your date to 2006 and divx works.
sorry for my bad grammatic and english but i don’t speak english well bye
Viva la Raza!!
January 5th, 2007 at 2:00 am
how could i register my name
January 5th, 2007 at 6:02 am
I WANT DIVX PLAYER FOR N 91 FOR FREE
January 8th, 2007 at 10:18 am
I want new divx plater for N70 for free
January 8th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Note that DivX Player is available for free from http://mobile.divx.com. However, the current version has been expired. The developer said that they are planning to release a new version soon.
January 13th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
i want divx player for n-73 free
January 14th, 2007 at 11:12 am
@tony: As I said above, DivX Player is available for free. Please download from the following links:
S60 2nd: http://mobile.divx.com/DivXPlayer_S60.sis
S60 3rd: http://mobile.divx.com/DivXPlayer_S60_3rd.sisx
January 14th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
hello, i want to play mpg on my nokia e70, but seems this divx only works with avi, anyone can help? thanksss…
January 15th, 2007 at 8:30 am
oh i think this is a good player 4 nokia
January 18th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
i love the symbian phones but i am a little bit confused coz the 3rd edition of the s60 os has lots of problems with aplication such the smart movie 3.31 so i would like to know if the divx player pleys videos converted from the smart movie
January 18th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
by the way does anybody knows if this wonderfull program that i´ve just installed on my 3250 is also available for the sony ericcson p910 (you know the uiq symbian system).
January 18th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
@misael: Yes, DivX Player for Mobile is available for Sony Ericsson P910 too. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the version for P990. Hopefully soon.
January 18th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
@misael: You can play videos converted with SmartMovie using DivX Player for Mobile. I have tried that.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:09 am
Will it work for Nokia 6233
January 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am
@Sudhir: Unfortunately it won’t work for Nokia 6233 because it is not a S60 phone.
January 29th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
hey is this player good for nokia n 73?
January 29th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
@raz: Yes, this player is for N73 too. I have tried on N73 and it works fine.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:44 pm
I installed the new version of DivX player (0.85) on my Nokia E61 today and watched an xvid rip of a movie. Awesome… Who needs an iPhone when you can just open avi, divx and xvid on y\’r mobile already. Conversion to mp4? A thing of the past. The E61 absolutely rulezzz again. Awaiting my 4Gb miniSD card. Then the fun starts. Got my TomTom on there too!
January 31st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
@Hermdude: I won’t comment on iPhone. There have been so much comments on this phone. But, you’re right. The quality of DivX Mobile is awesome.
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 am
Does anyone know i DivX has plans to close this new version of the player, same as they did wíth the last version?
Is it possible to purchase the DivX player so i dont have to worry about it expiring?
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 am
@Coach-Z: I think the expiry date is set by the developers because it is still in beta version. I guess there shouldn’t be expiry date for the final version. However, note that the latest DivX (as of this writing) is still beta version too.
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
Anyone know when this edition expires?
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:58 am
Good question. Honestly, I don’t know. I am not sure whether there are DivX developers who read this blog. If yes, they may provide more information.
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
a related question… have you made a comparison between Smartmovie and DivX?
If so, where?
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Because they look almost the same, as the first post also metioned… So for now DivX is free, but at some point they\’re gonna charge us for it…
February 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Unfortunately I haven’t compared DivX and SmartMovie yet. Actually, that is a good idea for my next posting…
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
if youre thinking about topics, how about one where to explain how to rip a DVD movie onto your computer, using freeware.. That could be way cool
February 4th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
pls give me divx player.
February 4th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
You can always download the latest DivX Player for Mobile from http://mobile.divx.com. Look at comment #47 for the direct download links.
February 9th, 2007 at 3:54 am
hi i want to try divx player
February 13th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Definitely in many ways it has replaced the one the smart movie player.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Looks like the DivX Player is the SmartMovie that was bought and customized by DivX, Inc. See the options, help text, font used, and control interfaces… that’s really similar, don’t you think so?
And that means we can enjoy SmartMovie for free legally!
March 8th, 2007 at 2:24 am
I Want DivX OR Smartmovie player for N91 free, A permenant version not temporary, Give me the link.
March 10th, 2007 at 9:19 am
really good and fantastic
thanks 4 divX team
March 13th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
i have nokia e61 and i can’t install the player….there is some problem maybe buy it says that is not suported…..i’m trying with the “s60 3rd” version
please help
hanks
March 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
@Stefano: Did you download the correct version for Nokia N61? If yes, then you may want to check that you enable installation of self-signed application. Check this out, http://www.s60tips.com/2006/05/25/installing-self-signed-applications-in-s60-3rd-edition/.
March 16th, 2007 at 2:25 am
how i can register.
March 21st, 2007 at 9:21 am
Ive got the dixv working great on my n73 but sometimes when I encode a vid I only get half of the video (top 1/2) the bottom is all blocky and different colours which makes it impossible to watch.
Im using pocket dixvencoder .03.60 and resizing the image to 320 x 240.
any ideas.
March 21st, 2007 at 11:42 am
im having issues sometimes when i encode a video. half of the video(the bottom) is all pixelated and blocky and colourful.
this makes viewing impossible.
im using pocketdivxenconder .3.60 and all im doing is making sure the video size is at 320×240
any ideas.
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:26 am
@len: Have you tried SUPER (http://www.s60tips.com/2007/01/10/converting-your-movies-to-divx-player/)? I have been using SUPER and don’t have the problem that you described.
March 25th, 2007 at 8:50 am
nice site for searching softwares.
March 28th, 2007 at 1:19 am
this is a very good player
March 31st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I can´t download free DivX player from the link that were posted here. Can somebody send me player via email. Thanks a lot.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:53 am
@Ricci: It looks like DivX web site has been closed for maintenance right now.
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:21 am
this is a very nice player
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:57 am
Hi antony, firstly I just want to say after hours trawling through the internet looking up info for s60 devices your page is the most enlightening and straight forward.
Today I received my Nokia n95 and I have converetd some films into the compatible Divx format with your instructions with Super.
And now I\’m trying to install Mobile Divx onto the N95 but an error message pops up stating that \
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:05 am
basically can\’t install Mobile Divx! Thanks for your help in advance!
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:32 am
Looks I’m getting the application expired message again as of 3/4/2007. Has there been an update to the application yet?
April 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Can you play subtitles with the DIVX player? If yes, how?
April 5th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Ermm.. I\’ve just got my N95 and I converted a movie from AVI to RMVB (Realmedia Player Format) and copied it to my mobiles 1GB sd and it couldn\’t play the video on my mobile only the audio on the realplayer.
So I was wondering if you guys could host the latest version of this DivX player for me to try out because http://www.mobile.divx.com/login is not logging in my correct details on my mobile or computer.
Many Thanks. P455W0RD
April 6th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Hi
I have got the same problem logging in as P455WORD.. anywhere else I can download this DivX-player?
Thx DSBSKB
April 6th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
i whould like to use divx player few days ago y divx player was experied
April 7th, 2007 at 7:45 am
@raaghu: Have you downloaded the latest one? I had no problem with the latest one until today (April 7, 2007).
April 10th, 2007 at 9:29 am
I used your software and found it wonderful, but it always gets expired.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
pengen nyoba divx
April 13th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Site\’s currently down as was trying to download myself … this is acknowledged in their discussion forum where it also advises current version will expire in May - http://stage6.divx.com/forum/720/3221/
April 15th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Please continue further discussion about DivX Player on Forum.S60Tips.com.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:00 am
sorry… i wanted to get that software badly.. i\’m also using n73 and i wanted to play avi file using my phone. The problem is, i cant get to create an account for myself, since there is maintenance. Can someone give me a link whick i can download this file or, can someone borrow me their account for stage6.
kcor66@gmail.com
i really wanted to have that software..
thanks
April 16th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
do you all have any software which can change the resolution of a video, to 320×240, and cut some part of the video?
i\’m trying to find a software which will do so
appreciate your help.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:28 am
How to make a register? I can’t downlowd DviX plyer for my nokia n70
April 26th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
@XeRRoX: Have you tried the link above, http://mobile.divx.com? The site was down quite some time ago, but it is up and running now.
Please use S60Tips.com’s forum discussion for further discussion (http://forum.s60tips.com/).
April 29th, 2007 at 7:03 am
I have installed DivX player v.86 in my Nokia 3250 Xpress . It plays the default AVI without any problem, but when i try to copy a divx Movie (which plays fine by using divx codec on my laptop) it shows an error [Div4 codec not found]. Any help??
April 29th, 2007 at 9:33 am
@GHDreamz: Sometimes you have to convert your DivX movie to the mobile version. Please check my previous blog posting, http://www.s60tips.com/2007/01/10/converting-your-movies-to-divx-player/
For further discussion about DivX, please use S60Tips.com’s forum discussion, http://forum.s60tips.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9&hilit=
April 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Hi
I downloaded the latest version od Divx from their website.But it shows -Application expired.
Hope someone can give a working link,
April 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
i think this software will be helpful for me
May 7th, 2007 at 6:04 am
Where i get avi player for n91
May 7th, 2007 at 8:28 am
@Noman: You should be able to download from the link above. You can follow the discussion about DivX on S60Tips.com’s forum discussion, http://forum.s60tips.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9&hilit=
May 8th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
HI, i use n80, what kind of setting do i need to use to play in full screen ?
(not wide, i mean to use the hole screen)
May 8th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
@didde: You should be able to select full screen mode from the Options menu.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:50 am
hey I downloaded divx player and tried to run a file in nokia n 70 but it says no codec found for div4 format. what to do?
May 9th, 2007 at 2:13 am
i need this DivX Player for S60 can any body send it to me
May 9th, 2007 at 8:05 am
@varun: Have you tried with another file? If other files work, it means the codec of your file is not compatible. In that case, you have to convert it to DivX format. Please see my previous posting, http://www.s60tips.com/2007/01/10/converting-your-movies-to-divx-player/
May 12th, 2007 at 12:27 am
Can anybody pls send me the DIVX player along with converter & Keygen for my mobile ( Nokia 3230 ). I too also want to enjoy the release of this software.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Sorry, I have to close the comments section.