I've got DivX 7 Pro but I'm curious:
If I were to use it to encode files to H.264 to be viewed online (by a Non Video Professional)... would the end user need to download a Specific CoDec to view them or is it something like Flash where they've probably already got it installed?

The free download of DivX says that it plays back H.264 content on the net... but if it's basically just standard H.264, I wonder if most H.264 codecs wouldn't be able to play it, anyway.

Two questions:

1/ Will my old version 6 serial number work?
2/ Will encodes made with version 7 play back on my DivX compatible DVD players?

"1/ Will my old version 6 serial number work?"

No, they will have an upgrade policy "soon."

"2/ Will encodes made with version 7 play back on my DivX compatible DVD players?"

It is highly unlikely that they will play back the new h.264 encodes.

It's great news to have another H.264 option out there, especially at a reasonable price. Since H.264 can be embedded in Flash it's my chosen web delivery format.

I'm very interested to find out how the results of the DivX 7 codec compare to the others such as recent MainConcept (e.g. version 7.2 found in TMPGenc Xpress) and open source x264.

I really wish Sony would include a top quality up-to-date H.264 codec in Vegas Pro. The Sony one and the old MainConcept one that are currently included do not give as good quality:bitrate as those others.

One of the best H.264 encoders available is , believe it or not, MPEG_streamclip. And the amazing thing is, it's free.

"recent MainConcept (e.g. version 7.2 found in TMPGenc Xpress) and open source x264." MainConcept and DIVX companies are now the same. with DIVX in the leadership role if I remember correctly. I would guess that maincept 7.2 played a major role in the encoder design.

With DIVX having licensing deals with Sony, MS, etc.... for Divx 6, and Maincept had about every small Mepg2 en/decoder deal-------- I would summarize their new 264 probably be showing up in players, cameras, etc soon.

I've been reading this: DivX Web Player, and still can't deduce whether the end user has to download and install a CoDec to view DivX Vids once placed on a site.

I also don't like the fact that you can't use the DivX player with Multiple Videos.
Maybe when building my site I can figure out how to add a player that will allow multiple DivX Vids... I just don't want the end user to have to download/install anything. If they already have it... that's cool, but I don't want to force them. That's just a bad business practice. Especially if they are looking at putting their video on the web as this would make them think their clients would also have to download/install/ go through this inconvenience.

Sync,

You have to install the player just like with Flash or anything else. I have talked with some guys from DivX about simplifying the process- they said they were trying to make it as streamlined as possible and would continue in this pursuit.

However, once you installed it, it is installed and you won't need to install it again unless there is another revision- just like with every other piece of software.

You can go to my site (the topmost enter, not the bottom enter) and go to the "samples" page. There is a whole page of DivX videos there.

If you are concerned about bad business practices, you can always offer more than one viewing option- DivX, plus WMV, plus Flash. The more the merrier yes?

j razz

>> With DIVX having licensing deals with Sony, MS, etc.... for Divx 6, and Maincept had about every small Mepg2 en/decoder deal-------- I would summarize their new 264 probably be showing up in players, cameras, etc soon. <<

But will it show up in Vegas??? I'll be very disappointed if we don't have a top-notch H.264 encoder in the next version.

Been adrift in the south Pacific for a few months and didn't know DivX had aquired MainConcept. That's very interesting.

sync, instead of delivering DivX videos on the web you could consider H.264 videos embedded in a Flash player such as http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/the JW Player.[/url] Since Brightcove started charging to host my FLV files this is the method I'm going to switch to.

You have to install the player just like with Flash or anything else.

But, with Flash, Windows Media, QT, and the such... you are not the one forcing your viewer to download/install anything. If the download/install goes bad or takes a long time... you get the blame. Plus, some end users do not have Admin rights on their computers and cannot install new software. Just seems that if it's a format that's prevalent on the web it makes it a Hassle Free experience for the end user. The only people I know that use DivX are Video Pro's & people that RIP DVD's.

When I mentioned DivX as a possible choice for web deliver of video on our Company's website which is laden with video... there was only 1 other person that had ever heard of it. Not that people need to know what it is to appreciate it; just that most would not want to install something they've never heard of. Plus, most companies are like ours... people cannot install software on their computers. It has to be done by IT.

Don't get me wrong; I would love to deliver video over the net with the quality of DivX. I just feel that it needs to be more prevalent to be considered a viable source for distribution. Multiple options for viewing is definitely an idea I like in the meantime.

I'm reading that DivX7 puts H.264 in an Mkv container. But to embed H.264 in Flash (which is what I want to do) I think it has to be in an MPEG4 container. Does anyone know if Mkv > MPEG4 is a lossless and straightforward conversion?