Can't find DivX on my computer

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Can't find DivX on my computer

I installed DivX for Mac on my MacBook Pro and cannot find it anywhere. It isn't in the applications folder and doesn't come up when I search. However, when I try to play a DivX video online, I don't get an error, so I know it's on the computer. Any ideas?

MacBook Pro 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 27, 2010 8:27 PM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Aug 27, 2010 8:39 PM in response to birgitlh

DivX isn't an application, it's an encoding protocol.

What you've installed is a decoder that tells the OS (or, more specifically, QuickTime) how to decode and play DivX media.

Therefore you don't launch DivX manually in the same way you'd launch other applications. QuickTime will automatically select the DivX decoder when it needs to.

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birgitlh Author

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Aug 27, 2010 9:02 PM in response to Camelot

On my last computer (MacBook), there was a whole section in the Applications folder for DivX, though. Why was that?

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Aug 28, 2010 2:30 AM in response to birgitlh

On my last computer (MacBook), there was a whole section in the Applications folder for DivX, though. Why was that?

You may have installed the DivX encoding software on that computer. It is used to create DivX files, but is not needed to play them.

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