I found it by Google.

I wondered whether there was a later version than 2.3.9 and not knowing whether it would be 2.3.10 or 2.4.0, I searched for 2.4 which came up with 2.5 which has a reference to 2.4

I thought VideoHelp would be safe.

Oh dear, please don't shoot me!

So, Peter, did you download and install?
Was it really 2.5?
Tom

"Was it really 2.5?"

I downloaded it and put it on a test machine earlier today. The file was named "2.5". Since I didn't do a test render or actually use it today, I can say little else.

As I said Avid as a company knows nothing about such a version. Hence I am led to believe as happens so often with helper sites or sites masquerading as helper sites - they just rename the download link - and that creates a unique Google index only linking to their site. Can you guess why that is?

Yes I installed it. AVG free antivirus did not complain when I downloaded it and Malwarebytes found nothing either. I did a test render and everything seems normal.

Version "2.5" file size is slightly greater than 2.3.9 so it would not seem to be a simple link to AVID's web site.

There is NO link to Avid corporate website my friends.

Here is 2.4
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/Avid-Codecs-LE-v2-4

The 2.5 seems to have the same/similar digital signature as the 2.4.

Examine NormanPCN link above and appears on Avid Corporate as legit.
My Firefox browser is set up with a large number of safeguards and it detects the actual source trace of supposed author link of 2.5 original is hot and would be a risk to enter.

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/Avid-Codecs-LE-v2-5

OK .. here's a question then...
Just installed v2.5 and when, in Vegas, I select Render As -> Customize Template and then Configure, the window titlebar shows v 2.3.7.

What do others see after installing v2.5?

edit: More testing...

Removed the installed Avid codec, claiming to be 2.5 and it looked like a clean remove.

Installed v2.3.9 first, and the titlebar, as above, still showed 2.3.7.

Removed again after tracking down where the codecs were installed as even after removal, I could still Configure in Vegas as before. This is because the uninstall does not remove the files installed in the directory below.

The codecs actually live under the QTComponents directory as .qtx files.

Once I removed those, I could no longer Configure in Vegas.

I now installed v2.5, and what do you know? The .qtx files had the same timestamp (01/08/2014) as the one showing 2.3.7 in the titlebar.

So, as far as I can tell, there IS NO later version than v2.3.7, unless I am very much mistaken.

Installed v2.3.9 first, and the titlebar, as above, still showed 2.3.7.

2.3.8 and 2.3.9 have both shown 2.3.7 in the dialog for me. The install did overwrite the old DLLs. It seems that Avid just has not updated the text string in their source code or resource file.

Possibly the revision level of the package is 2.5. The package contains several different codecs which may or may not have changed.

Bob.

Got that Bob, but how do you explain the time-stamps being identical to who-knows-what-I-had. I thought I had installed v2.3.9 some time ago.
Tom

[I]"how do you explain the time-stamps being identical to who-knows-what-I-had"[/I]

I cannot. Maybe someone should ask Avid. TBH overall their website leaves me cold. I appreciate this is something they're giving away but even so, they're not leaving me with a strong desire to invest in their products that's for sure.

Bob.

+1

Interesting, we've discussed 4K catching on and they're talking about 64K in the future:

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/09/avid-introduces-dnxhr-codec-for-2k-4k-and-uhd-editing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TaoOfColor

I wonder whether the DNxHR codec will be available free!

I also wonder whether HD 50p will become available for DNxHD. It is discrimination that they do include 59.94p but not 50p.