Why does Dr. Divx keep hitting its own servers when I load?

[Skoorb]

This seemed like the right forum for my question. I DLed dr divx from divx.com I really like the app. However, it wants to query their servers each time it loads. If I say no it still loads but functionality is lower, with no accompanying message. Does anybody know exactly what it's asking them about?

BONUS question: If I stop using this app and go with one of the freeware ones, will they encode just as well? On the divx site it says that dr divx/divx pro get "30% better encoding than the divx codec". Does this imply that they have access to a version of the codec that normal freeware apps do not?

Thanks!

[thecoalman]

It's phoning home..... Could be anything, probably the only ones that would truly know would be the people there. I know one thing, if I purchased any software and it had limited functionality because I denied it access to the internet I would start bitching.

[Skoorb]

It's phoning home..... Could be anything, probably the only ones that would truly know would be the people there. I know one thing, if I purchased any software and it had limited functionality because I denied it access to the internet I would start bitching.

This, Half-life2, I think it's gonna be the new thing Thing is it doesn't tell you it has limited functionality - but if I use zone alarm to say no-no to it, it loads and it just doesn't quite do the same things.

[thecoalman]

It's phoning home..... Could be anything, probably the only ones that would truly know would be the people there. I know one thing, if I purchased any software and it had limited functionality because I denied it access to the internet I would start bitching.

This, Half-life2, I think it's gonna be the new thing Thing is it doesn't tell you it has limited functionality - but if I use zone alarm to say no-no to it, it loads and it just doesn't quite do the same things.

Contact them and ask them... if they tell you you have to allow access bitch. I would. Might want to look in your options, could be that you have it set to look for updates or something along those lines.

Many of the apps I install try and phone home including my editor. The editor only tried to access once though and never asked again.

[Cobra]

Freeware applications such as AutoGK are comparable to Dr. DivX in ease-of-use and will encode just as well. More powerful applications such as Gordian Knot will allow for more control and therefore slightly better encodes.

[Skoorb]

Freeware applications such as AutoGK are comparable to Dr. DivX in ease-of-use and will encode just as well. More powerful applications such as Gordian Knot will allow for more control and therefore slightly better encodes.

Cool! I will get those a go. I see so many darn options in the how-to that I thought I'd make it easy on myself and go straight to the source. I figured that Divx.com would have a great encoder. I do like it too, but I'm seriously just not paying for something that I can do for free, even if I need to play with a new utility.

I just tried setting back sys clock to see what happens with drdivx upon loading. It still knows when I installed it, because it's going to their server and it has the info clearly stored there. I'd _guess_ that the full version doesn't hit their servers each time, but no clue.

[thecoalman]

I'd _guess_ that the full version doesn't hit their servers each time, but no clue.

I should have guessed...... You might have =mentioned it was a demo.