Our third Project Rйmoulade 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.

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 Rйmoulade include the DivX H.264 Decoder (Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3) and the DivX H.264 Encoder (Alpha 1).