DivX Plus HD
Encyclopedia
DivX Plus HD was launched in 2009 and is the brand name for the file type that DivX, Inc.
has chosen for their high definition video format. DivX Plus HD files consist of high definition H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
video with surround sound Advanced Audio Coding
(AAC) audio, wrapped up in the open-standard Matroska
container, identified by the .mkv file extension. DivX Plus HD files leverage and extend on Matroska's ability to support multiple language tracks, subtitles, chapters, and additional bonus content.
7, DivX Plus HD support has been included in the main software bundle.
On 16 March 2010, DivX released DivX Plus Software (version 8) for Windows
which included:
All DivX Plus HD certified devices bearing a DivX Plus logo will adhere to the profile outlined in the table below, as would any tools that support the DivX profiles. DivX Plus HD devices are also tested for compliance against the DivX HD 1080p profile for MPEG4/AVI certification in order to maintain backwards compatibility
NEC Electronics
has signed a multi-year licensing agreement to include DivX Plus HD in its EMMA chips.
x264
encoder. At minimum, the following command line creates an H.264 bitstream within the DivX Plus HD profile:
Following the release of this information, the graphical user interface (GUI) project StaxRip released an update to their presets that incorporates the DivX Plus HD settings as default, which will transcode an array of video inputs to an MKV file with AAC audio and H.264 video within the DivX Plus HD profile. Another GUI project to implement a DivX Plus preset using x264 is RipBot264.
Despite the popular transcoding tool HandBrake
dropping .avi container support, it can still be used to create DivX Plus compatible videos if MKV is selected for format, x264 is selected for video codec, AAC is used for audio codec, and the following options are passed into the advanced settings:
DivX, Inc.
DivX, Inc. , based in San Diego, California, now part of Sonic Solutions, a division of Rovi, was the corporation behind the MPEG-4 Part 2-based codec, DivX. The company's codec has been downloaded over 240 million times since January 2003...
has chosen for their high definition video format. DivX Plus HD files consist of high definition H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video...
video with surround sound Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
(AAC) audio, wrapped up in the open-standard Matroska
Matroska
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows...
container, identified by the .mkv file extension. DivX Plus HD files leverage and extend on Matroska's ability to support multiple language tracks, subtitles, chapters, and additional bonus content.
Software
As of the release of DivXDivX
DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc. , including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.There are two DivX codecs; the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the...
7, DivX Plus HD support has been included in the main software bundle.
On 16 March 2010, DivX released DivX Plus Software (version 8) for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
which included:
- DivX Plus Player - Play DivX 6 files (.avi and .divx with MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
audio) and DivX Plus HD (.mkv with AAC audio)- DivX to Go - A device transfer wizard for moving videos to DivX devices via USB or optical disc
- DivX Plus Converter - Creates .mkv files via the "DivX Plus HD" menu or converts .mkv to .divx
- DivX Plus Web Player - Plays .mkv files with H.264 video and AAC audio on web pages inside a web browserWeb browserA web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
. - DivX Plus Codec Pack - DirectShowDirectShowDirectShow , codename Quartz, is a multimedia framework and API produced by Microsoft for software developers to perform various operations with media files or streams. It is the replacement for Microsoft's earlier Video for Windows technology...
components for decoding and creating DivX and DivX Plus video files- DXVA for H.264 video - Optional hardware acceleration components for H.264 video on supported graphics cards
- DivX Plus Tech Preview: MKV on Windows 7 - An MKV-playback component for Windows 7 that leverages Microsoft Media Foundation frameworkMedia FoundationMicrosoft Media Foundation is a COM-based multimedia framework pipeline and infrastructure platform for digital media in Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows 8...
DivX Plus HD Profile
DivX has defined profiles which are subsets of MPEG-4/AVI and H264/MKV standards. Because the grouping is a specific subset of what is in the standards, there are certification processes for each of the profiles that device manufacturers must follow. Below is the DivX Plus HD profile.All DivX Plus HD certified devices bearing a DivX Plus logo will adhere to the profile outlined in the table below, as would any tools that support the DivX profiles. DivX Plus HD devices are also tested for compliance against the DivX HD 1080p profile for MPEG4/AVI certification in order to maintain backwards compatibility
| Profile | +HD 1080p |
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| Codec | MPEG4 part 10 (H.264) |
| File Extension(s) | .mkv |
| Max. resolution (px×px×Hz) | 1920×1080×30, 1280×720×60 |
| Max VBV bitrate (bit/s) | VCL: 20000000, NAL: 24000000 |
| Min. VBV buffer size (KiB Kibibyte The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information. The binary prefix kibi means 1024; therefore, 1 kibibyte is . The unit symbol for the kibibyte is KiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1999 and has been accepted for use... ) |
VCL: 3200, NAL: 3840 |
| Macroblocks (per second) | 244800 |
| Subtitles | 8×SRT,SSA |
| Audio | 8×MP3,AC3,AAC |
MKV Extensions
DivX has introduced additional features beyond the Matroska specification that are implemented during the video file creation process and exposed during playback in DivX Plus software and on consumer electronics devices certified for DivX Plus HD. Below are the standard and extended MKV features that are specific to the DivX Plus HD profile.World Fonts
Currently, font files can be easily attached to .mkv files using a Matroska mux, but certain problems may arise when attempting to utilize a font during playback. Usually, performance is affected because the font file can be large and take time to load for the subtitles. The DivX Plus Word Fonts extension attempts to solve this problem by optimizing the font file during the file creation stage. A DivX Plus mux, like the DivXMKVMux, can examine the subtitle file, determine which characters are required from a font file, and repack the font file for attachment with only the necessary symbols, thereby reducing the font attachment size and decreasing the time it needs to load.Smooth FF/RW
DivX has released a specification for a DivX Plus extension that aims to improve seeking quickly through a video file, either forward or backward. Called Smooth FF/RW, the creator of the video creates a lower resolution version of the video that is attached to the .mkv file and leveraged whenever a user instructs their player to seek fast forward or rewind. When the user presses fast forward or rewind, the full resolution track is swapped out with the lower resolution version, requiring less resources; when the user presses play, the lower resolution track is instantly swapped out to the full resolution version, which is intended to solve inaccurate seeking issues or a stuttering effect during fast forward and rewind.Authored and Auto-generated Chapters
Access chapter points in a video when no chapter information exists.Quick Start
No more delays to start a movie. Begin watching right away even with large HD files.Hardware
The following chips have been certified or have licensing agreements for DivX Plus HD:| IC Integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material... Provider |
Model Number | Date Certified | Type | Notes |
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| Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los... |
BCM3556 | DTV Digital television Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV... |
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| Mediatek MediaTek MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, designing and selling components for wireless communication, optical storage, GPS, high-definition digital TV and DVD products. The company was founded on May 28, 1997... |
MT8550TBAG | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| OP8531 | ||||
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| MT8555DDBG | ||||
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| MT8555DFBG | ||||
| MT8550JBAG | ||||
| MT8530PEFG | MT8530 announced as first DivX Plus HD certified chip. | |||
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| Panasonic Panasonic Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd... |
MN2WS0150D3 | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
UniPhier chips named in licensing agreement. | |
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| Realtek Realtek Realtek Semiconductor Corp. , a fabless IC design house situated in the Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, was founded in October 1987, and subsequently approved as a listed company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1998... |
RTD1073 | Digital multimedia processor Integrated circuit An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material... |
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NEC Electronics
NEC
, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
has signed a multi-year licensing agreement to include DivX Plus HD in its EMMA chips.
Consumer electronics
The following products have been DivX Plus HD Certified:| OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name. OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to automotive parts, OEM designates a... / ODM Original Design Manufacturer An original design manufacturer is a company which designs and manufactures a product which is specified and eventually branded by another firm for sale. Such companies allow the brand firm to produce without having to engage in the organization or running of a factory... |
Model Number | Date Certified | Type | Notes |
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| Denon Denon is a Japanese electronics company that was involved in the early stages of development of digital audio technology, while specializing in the manufacture of high-fidelity professional and consumer audio equipment. For many decades, Denon was a brand name of Nippon-Columbia, including the Nippon... |
DBP-1611UD | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| Marantz Marantz Marantz is a company that develops and sells upper-mid range to high-end audio products.The first Marantz audio product was designed and built by Saul B. Marantz in his home in Kew Gardens, New York... |
UD5005 | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| Panasonic Panasonic Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd... |
DMP-BDT100EE | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| SC-BTT350EGK | ||||
| SC-BTT755EBK | ||||
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| SC-BTT350GNK | ||||
| SC-BTT755GNK | ||||
| DMP-BDT100GN | ||||
| DMP-BDT300EG | The DMP-BDT300 has been DivX Plus HD Certified, and is Panasonic's first FullHD 3D Blu-ray Disc player. | |||
| DMP-BDT300GN | ||||
| DMP-BDT300EE | ||||
| Philips Philips Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... |
BDP5180 | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| BDP8000 | ||||
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| BDP7500S2 | ||||
| BDP7500 MK II | ||||
| BDP8000 | ||||
| BDP5100 | ||||
| Soniq | QPB302B | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
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| Seagate Seagate Technology Seagate Technology is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California, United States.-1970s:On November 1, 1979... |
FreeAgent GoFlex TV | Digital media receiver Digital media receiver A digital media receiver , also commonly referred to as a media extender, media streamer, digital media hub, or digital media adapter , is a home entertainment device that can connect to a home network to retrieve digital media files from a personal computer or other networked media server and... |
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| Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company... |
BD-S1067 | Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs... player |
x264 compatibility
According to documentation provided by DivX on their DivX Developer Portal, it is possible to make DivX Plus HD compatible files via other H.264 encoders, such as the open sourceOpen source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
x264
X264
x264 is a free software library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.-History:...
encoder. At minimum, the following command line creates an H.264 bitstream within the DivX Plus HD profile:
x264 --vbv-maxrate=20000 --vbv-bufsize=25000 --level 40 --bframes 3 --keyint <4*FPS> -o
Following the release of this information, the graphical user interface (GUI) project StaxRip released an update to their presets that incorporates the DivX Plus HD settings as default, which will transcode an array of video inputs to an MKV file with AAC audio and H.264 video within the DivX Plus HD profile. Another GUI project to implement a DivX Plus preset using x264 is RipBot264.
Despite the popular transcoding tool HandBrake
HandBrake
HandBrake is a general-purpose, open-source, cross-platform, multithreaded video transcoder software application. HandBrake was originally developed by titer in 2003 as a general-purpose video transcoder to make ripping a film from a DVD to a data storage device easier...
dropping .avi container support, it can still be used to create DivX Plus compatible videos if MKV is selected for format, x264 is selected for video codec, AAC is used for audio codec, and the following options are passed into the advanced settings:
level=40:ref=2:bframes=2:subq=6:mixed-refs=0:weightb=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:vbv-maxrate=20000:vbv-bufsize=25000:weightp=0