There are 20 other file types using
the SCR file extension!

scr icon.scr - MS Windows screensaver [common]

empty icon.scr - Microsoft Silverlight data

empty icon.scr - LocoScript screen font

scr icon.scr - Sun Raster bitmap image

empty icon.scr - Wintask uncompiled program

empty icon.scr - Left 4 Dead game data

scr icon.scr - Microsoft Word for DOS bitmap image

empty icon.scr - Script

scr icon.scr - MS-DOS DEBUG input

empty icon.scr - Image-Pro Plus macro

empty icon.scr - Movie Master Screenplay data

empty icon.scr - Procomm Plus screen snapshot

empty icon.scr - Statistica scrollsheet file

scr icon.scr - ZX Spectrum standard screen

empty icon.scr - Xpand Rally Extreme player profile file

empty icon.scr - NovaLogic game dialog script file

scr icon.scr - Atari Jaguar Cinepak film

scr icon.scr - Atari Jaguar compiled MIDI score

empty icon.scr - EAGLE settings

empty icon.scr - UFO: Enemy Unknown game data

SCR file extension - DivX video

What is scr file? How to open scr files?

File type specification:

Digital video and movie file type icon Digital video and movie file type

File extension scr is associated with DivX video codec. The "DivX" brand is distinct from "DIVX" (Digital Video Express). DivX is the name of a popular new video compression technology developed by DivX, Inc.

A .scr file contains video stream used DivX encoding.

The format was developed to enable users to play and create high-quality videos in a fast and convenient way, while still maintaining the best quality possible.

The DivX codec is currently the most popular MPEG-4 based codec because of its quality, speed and efficiency as well as the wide range of DVD players that support DivX.

MIME types:
application/divxplayer-plugin

Updated: November 10, 2023

The default software associated to open scr file:

DivX icon

DivX, LLC logoDivX  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
DivX, LLC

DivX is popular MPEG-4 video codec used to create video files in high quality and small size. DivX is very popular to transport high quality videos through Internet. DivX also supports decoding of HD H.264 (.mkv) videos with AAC audio.

VLC media player icon

VideoLAN Project Team logoVLC media player  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team

Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.

VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.

Help how to open:

Use any modern Media Player to open the .scr files. Might need proper codecs installed though.

How to convert:

Use Any encoder or converter to edit, export or convert the .scr files.

List of software applications associated to the .scr file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open scr file, edit scr file, convert scr file, view scr file, play scr file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting scr files.

scr file players - programs that can play scr file - DivX video

Programs supporting the exension scr on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play scr file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with scr file by default:
DivX small icon DivX
VLC media player small icon VLC media player

Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

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