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DivX is pleased to announce an update to our developer-centric bundle of free applications specifically designed to create the next generation of DivX video: DivX Plus HD.

DivX Plus HD files are made up of high definition H.264 video with AAC surround sound audio, packaged in an MKV container, which is capable of leveraging other advanced features.

These tools are free for developers to use in free non-commercial projects. More information on how to download and use these tools is located in their respective tutorials.

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!).