Update (10-Jan-2007): There is an update of DivX Player for Mobile that has fixed all of the problems below. Please check my latest posting, New DivX Player for Mobile.. :)
Since I posted a blog about DivX Player for Mobile about two months ago, I have converted many videos/movies to DivX Player. Unfortunately, the result was not as I have expected. There are so many problems with the current version of DivX Player, i.e. version 0.83. This version seems to be very buggy. At the end, I decided not to use the current version of DivX Player and wait for the final version.

What are my problems with the current version of DivX Player?

  • Audio synchronization. This is the most annoying problem. I have tried to use different codecs, DivX and XviD, as well as different encoder, FFMPEG and MEncoder, but no luck. The video can be played properly on the PC, but when it is played on S60 phone, the audio is not synchronized properly.
  • Decoder problem. Some frames from certain videos sometimes are not decoded properly in DivX Player. As a result, we can see defect frames for a couple of seconds. The same video can be played without problems on the PC.
  • Wrong video length. When converting video using FFMPEG encoder, DivX Player cannot retrieve the video length properly. For example, 4 minutes video can be reported as 10 minutes video.

So, which video player am I using now? Currently, I am using RealPlayer, the built-in video player in most S60 phones. Although the user interface is not as nice as DivX Player, Real Player doesn’t have all the problems above.

Do you have the same problems with DivX Player? Do you have solutions to those problems?

DivX Player for Mobile (S60) Real Player for S60

Compatible devices: S60 2nd, 3rd Edition, Nokia Nseries, Nokia Eseries.

Update (01-Jan-2007): You can convert your videos to be played on RealPlayer using third party applications, such as SUPER. Please read also my other posting, Converting Your Videos to RealPlayer.