High-quality, high-compression video codec used for digital video distribution; compresses video to a fraction of the original size with minimal loss in quality; supports video resolutions up to 1080 HD.
The DivX format is recognized by several software video playback programs as well as some DVD players and other consumer electronics.
Program(s) that open divx files
Mac: DivX Player; Apple QuickTime Player with DivX codec; VideoLAN VLC media player; Roxio Toast Windows: DivX Player; CyberLink PowerDVD; Apple QuickTime Player with DivX codec; DVD X Studios DVD X Player; The Core Media Player; VideoLAN VLC media player; SlowView; Roxio Creator
Unix: VideoLAN VLC media player
Information from FileInfo.com - The File Extensions Resource.
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/divx
