What is in the DivX 7 Playback Preview?
With the DivX 7 Playback Preview we bring new technologies to DivX Player and other DirectShow-based media players that enable playback of DivX Plus videos. DivX Plus HD is a new DivX video profile that will bring the following formats into the DivX ecosystem when DivX 7 is launched:
H.264 video
A new standard for video compression that is more technically complex than the standard used by DivX 6. H.264 provides better compression and picture quality at the expense of higher system requirements for content creation and playback. Related releases from Project Rémoulade include the DivX H.264 Decoder (Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3) and the DivX H.264 Encoder (Alpha 1).
AAC audio
A high-efficiency audio coding standard natively supporting multichannel audio and studio-quality sample rates for crystal clear theatrical surround sound. AAC audio suffers fewer audible artifacts than MP3 at very low bitrates and also requires less bitrate to achieve transparency. MP3 is the audio standard for previous versions of DivX video.
MKV container format
MKV files will be used to contain the H.264 video and AAC audio tracks. The format is feature-extensible by design and supports many audio and subtitle streams within a single file.
The DivX 7 Playback Preview also includes the DivX H.264 Decoder filter and the DivX MKV Demux filter*. These DirectShow filters extend playback support for MKV files with H.264 video streams to all DirectShow-based media players.
