Output to DivX file, but as .avi

My client has requested I output a sequence as a DivX (.avi) file.
This is for playback to a large screen monitor from a CF card.
I downloaded the DivX software, so that now within FCP, under export using QT conversion, there is an option DivX
I downloaded from here:
http://www.divx.com/en/faq/view/supportFAQen079
I have successfully output a DivX file. But how do I make this .avi? An associate said just change the extension. Is that all? I tried this, and the video file still plays, using the DivX player and QT player. But there must be a more sophisticated way to do this conversion to .avi, isn't there?
About the sequence settings:
1920 X 1080
Square pixel aspect ratio
The QT video sittings come up automatically as XD CAM EX 1080P25 35 mbps, but the material was shot on a Canon XF100 camera, which is not XD CAM format.
Can anyone help with a step by step on procedures for this kind of output?
Thanks so much. Desparate to finish this project for client deadline...everything was fine till I hit the output specs!

Thanks for that tip!
I did find out that at this website
http://www.divx.com/en/movies/faq
You can download software that then within FCP creates a new export as QT conversion option, where you can make a new divX file. I was then told by the company that makes the software:
The DivX Plus Converter will create .mkv files if the DivX Plus HD output profile is selected. If the HD 1080p, HD 720p, Home Theater, or Mobile profiles are selected, it will create a .divx file, which is based on the AVI format. The .divx extension can then be changed to .avi by simply renaming the file, i.e. from mymovie.divx to mymovie.avi. This does not require additional conversion.
If you create a DivX-encoded file in a third-party application, this will usually be an .avi file. If you are on Mac, you can export from QuickTime Player Pro to export to DivX. To learn more about this, consult this FAQ. If you are on Windows, using a program such as VirtualDub allows you to select the DivX codec for export into an AVI file.
Hope this helps anyone out there who is asked to deal with DivX for the first time, as I just was!

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?Maybe I should just be happy with a the DIVX converted to a .wmv file but I think I will be sacrificing quality on already pretty grainy footage that I'm inserting into a largely HD film project so kinda shotty?
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thanks,

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Congratulations on the new macbook - I hope you will both be very happy!
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It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3.0.4, 3.1, 3.1.1, QT 7.3, 7.4.x and 7.5 and OS 10.4.11.
Assuming you already run Tiger versions OS 10.4.11 and have Quicktime 7.4 or above, and are using Safari 2 or 3, download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
RealPlayer 11 (which is no longer in beta) for Mac from:
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Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
Perian from http://perian.org/
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Adobe FlashPlayer should first be uninstalled using the appropriate uninstaller available here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157&sliceId=2
and then the latest version obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlash
and installed.
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS, but please see my footnote if you are running Leopard.)
In earlier versions than QT 7.1.3 in Quicktime Preferences, under advanced, UNcheck Enable Flash, and under Mime settings/Miscellananeous only check Quicktime HTML (QHTM).
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In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
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FOOTNOTE
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I have some *.divx files. mplayer plays them fine, but the tab completion in bash doesn't work. So I'll either have to type the filename or do something like vim <filename>, go back and write mplayer instead of vim. That's getting pretty annoying, so I hope someone can help me
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