DivX Plus Set As Free Download

By Greg Tarr -- TWICE, 3/16/2010

San Diego - DivX said Tuesday that it is now making the latest version of its flagship video software package, DivX Plus, available as a free download for Windows 7, Vista and XP on the company's Web site.

DivX Plus is said to have been completely redesigned using an uncluttered and easy-to-use interface for the playback of DivX video on the desktop and in the browser, including DivX Plus HD video, which supports up to 1080p HD H.264-based videos in the popular MKV file format.

The DivX Plus software package includes four individual products: the DivX Plus Player, the DivX Plus Web Player, the DivX Plus Codec Pack and the DivX Plus Converter.

The DivX Plus Player includes the new DivX To Go feature, which easily transfers videos from the computer to any of the 250 million DivX devices that have shipped worldwide from major brands, including DVD players, Blu-ray players, digital televisions, gaming consoles and mobile phones.

Key features of the DivX Plus software package include:

• easy video transfer to DivX Certified devices;

• broad playback support;

• support for DivX and DivX Plus HD Web video streaming with surround sound and subtitles through standard HTTP servers and JavaScript programming as a plug-in for Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari;

• MKV streaming to gaming consoles; and

• high-quality video conversion.