BarCampSD 4, one of those “unconferences” sweeping the globe these days, saw a rare surfacing of the long-awaited next version of DivX software that includes support for the H.264 video codec, the .mkv container format and AAC audio.  With long-time DivX evangelist Alastair “digital56k” Mayo, we gave a couple of presentations on the new features in DivX 7 as well as a detailed (or as detailed as one can be in 25 minutes) demonstration of DivX H.264 encoding in action. Al showed how to use DivX 7 in conjunction with popular encoding tools to compress high-quality HD video into much more manageable sizes, without sacrificing visual quality.  Step-by-step Al worked through AVISynth, VirtualDub, MKVToolnix, Haali Media Splitter, DivX H.264 Decoder beta 3, and Media Player Classic.  You can try it for yourself here. (Of course you probably don't get to do it on a Nehalem test bed like Al does!). 

Our third Project Rémoulade release is a preview of the new playback components from the upcoming DivX 7 bundle. Building upon past releases, DivX Player 7.0 Beta 1 now features support for MKV files containing high definition H.264 video and surround sound AAC audio! The preview also includes components that extend support for the MKV container and H.264 video to most Windows media players.

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Today we held the DivX Halloween party, a much anticipated annual event where the food and beer flows freely and our teams wardrobe looks slightly less out of place than it does the other 364 days of the year. Amidst the chaos of roaming children, pets, and the costume competition we ran into an unexpected visitor downstairs at reception..

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This update to DivX Web Player adds support for Firefox 3, enables downloads over https and resolves many stability issues reported since the last beta.

An updated Beta version of DivX Mobile Player is now available for Windows Mobile 5.0+ and Symbian OS 9.0+ phones including Series60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3.0.

Registered Labs users may download the player from the Labs DivX Mobile Community.

DivX at IFA '08

Another year, another successful showing by the DivX team at the Internationale Funkaustellung. A crew of around 20 DivXians assembled from points far and wide, including San Diego, Aachen, Krakow, and even Seoul, Korea.

The third beta release of the DivX H.264 Decoder improves performance for older AMD CPUs, introduces preliminary support for DVB applications, adds support for baseline profile, and greatly improves stability of the decoder.

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The DivX Web Player Code Generator Beta has been updated to make it even easier to present high-quality DivX videos on your website. Simply enter your video URLs, descriptions and tags, and generate embed code that can be copied directly into your page. Registered DivX Labs users can now also create video recommendations promoting additional content to their viewers.

We are also creating a community to support the publishers and developers who work with the DivX Web Player. Subscribe to the DivX Video Publishers group to receive notifications when we update tools, SDKs or software releases, as well as to exchange ideas and offer your feedback on how we can improve the experience of DivX video on the web.

The second package to be released from Project Rémoulade is an alpha version of the DivX H.264 Encoder. Complementing the DivX H.264 Decoder, this multithreaded encoder produces high definition H.264 video bitstreams that are compatible with the draft profile for DivX 7 H.264 HD video. The encoder is a command line utility and accepts input from raw AVI files as well as the AVISynth frameserver.

View our tutorial for the DivX H.264 Encoder