Latest DivX release adds 1080i and 1080p support
We've given you the pros and cons of DivX-HD, but now we've got one more reason to love the highly-regarded format: 1080p (and 1080i, too). You heard right, the next time you feel the need to rip and encode, you can do so in beautiful 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. In the latest DivX newsletter, support was annouced for "full HD digital video encoding in both interlaced and progressive scan modes," and readers were forewarned that watching those ole 640 x 480 clips may prove painful after experiencing this newfangled nirvana. Version 6.4 also boasted a few other improvements, including "faster multipass encoding, better compression when using internal resize filters, and a new adaptive noise reduction feature" to improve overall quality. So, stop hangin' around and give the new tools a go, eh?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Nov 8th 2006 9:14PM
That would be a lot more useful if anyone actually bothered to support DivX HD. I see one, maybe two DivX HD DVD players out there and no content beyond some movie trailers.
MikeS @ Nov 9th 2006 7:58AM
Sounds great, but my DVD player only supports DIVX files up to 800 x 600. However, the HDTV rips in DIVX 640 x 480 look great.
ShaleX @ Nov 9th 2006 5:12PM
Where does one go to download High-Def content anyway.. best I can find is Apple's Quicktime HD page.. and then there is the WMVhd page that microsoft hasn't updated in years. Though IGN sometimes posts stuff in wmvhd (my favorite format) at 720p.
Reid Ellis @ Nov 10th 2006 2:30PM
Strange, I converted/encoded a video from 1080i .ts to 720p DivX the other night using ffmpeg. And there are scads of higher-than-480p/i DivX files on BitTorrent.
Is this a news posting from the past? Or am I getting confused with XviD and 3ivX? Perhaps the open/free versions are way ahead?
I'm with MikeS - I want an LG DivX player that supports higher resolutions. Then I'll be able to play all the HR and HD TV shows I've downloaded.
Incredibly Fatman @ Nov 10th 2006 4:42PM
Reid, I had the same thought as you, but I think the earlier comments hit the nail on the head even if they didn't realize it. The DivX format has been able to support 1080p for quite some time since you could encode a pretty much whatever frame size you desired, but what they're really talking about is the "official" divx standard that they are desperately trying to get DVD players to support. So in the future, if you buy a DVD player that says it supports divx, it will be able to play these HD sized files.