Ten years ago the world of digital video was transformed when a codec named DivX ;-) was unleashed upon the Internet underground by a Frenchman known as Gej. Shortly thereafter, realizing their opportunity to make advanced media technologies available to all, a team of enthusiasts banded together to form DivXNetworks, Inc. and began to develop the DivX codec under the codename Project Mayo, so chosen because like Gej Mayonnaise is French, and like Mayo creating a good codec requires much finesse. The DivX Advanced Research Center (DARC) team was established, comprising leading specialists from around the globe, and in mid 2001 DivX 4.0 was born.

Today, over eight years later, the DivX format provides a platform that allows anyone to create high quality, high definition digital video, to mobilize media for on-the-go viewing, to share content with others via the web, to transport the DivX experience to the living room, and to play DivX video in thousands of low-cost devices.

Over time we have worked to make DivX better, faster, easier and more accessible, while retaining full interoperability with an enormous ecosystem of DivX software, content, and devices. But time does not stand still and today new technologies present a fresh opportunity to extend the reach and application of DivX by bringing new devices, content, and services together in an interoperable way as part of the DivX ecosystem and putting powerful new tools into the hands of all who require them.

It is in this spirit that we present Project Rémoulade: A much better Mayo


DivX H.264 Decoder Beta 1
Our first release from Project Rémoulade is a beta version of the DivX H.264 decoder. It is a multithreaded DirectShow filter supporting high profile bitstreams and is capable of decoding all streams from the current version of x264 with incredible playback performance.

Features of the DivX H.264 Decoder
* H.264 Main, High, High 10, High 4:2:2 profiles
* Full interlace support (MBAFF, PAFF, mixed)
* Multithreading supporting up to 8 CPUs
* Optimizations for MMX, SSE, SSE2


Configuring the decoder
Once installed the decoder can be configured either by accessing the filter property page from a host application (i.e. a media player), or by selecting the H.264 Decoder Config link in the DivX programs group on your Start menu:


Downloading DivX H.264 Decoder Beta 1
This is a closed beta release and our beta group has limited capacity. (basically, no public, stable releases yet)