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DivX Plus Web Player 2.1 Beta 3 – Overview

We’ve received a lot of great feedback from labs users on our first beta release for DivX Plus Web Player 2.1 and have been burning the midnight oil improving performance and expanding support to Mac. We’ve heard the call and tweets from Mac users seeking improved web video playback and are pleased to have Mac support in our second beta release. In addition to Mac support, DivX HiQ Beta 3 includes more site support and improved stability and performance.

Features in this beta release:

• NEW for Beta 3: Mac OS X Support
• Additional sites supporting DivX HiQ™ – use DivX Plus Web Player on YouTube and more
• Improved Performance and Buffering (See details below)
• New Format Support – MP4 & MOV
• HTML5 <video> tag support
• Optional DXVA Hardware acceleration

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DivX Plus Web Player lets you watch DivX® videos right in your web browser. And if you have some of your own videos you’d like to share on your website, blog or social networking profile, DivX Plus Web Player is all you need.

If you can copy and paste, you have enough know-how to stream a DivX video from your site. If you scoff at automatic HTML code generators, then our Developer Guide is for you.

Option 1: Code Generator	Option 2: DivX Plus Web Developer Guide
Show off more videos Along with easy HTML code creation, the Code Generator allows you to add in recommended videos with your embedded DivX Plus Web Player.	For the developer in you For webmasters and small content creators looking for a tool to publish high-quality videos online for free: this Developer Guide, a little HTML and some JavaScript is all you need to get started. (Audience not included.)

The important details
If you end up using DivX Plus Web Player on your website, awesome! We like people who like our products. Here are a few simple things we ask in return:

• Acknowledge us, but don't overdo it
  DivX is a registered trademark and can only be used with permission. Using DivX Plus Web Player doesn’t authorize you to use our trademark, especially not in your domain name, but it does require that you use our trademark disclaimer
  DivX® is a registered trademark of DivX, LLC, a subsidiary of Sonic Solutions.
  
• Link to us
  Include a link back to our DivX Plus Web Player blog at http://labs.divx.com/WebPlayer. It’s a nice way to show others how to use DivX to publish their videos too.
  
• Let them download
  If you serve DivX videos on your site, some of your visitors may need DivX Plus Web Player to watch them. Make these download links easily accessible:
  
  For Windows: http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayerInstaller.exe
  For Mac: http://download.divx.com/player/DivXPlusWebPlayer.dmg
  
  
• Use our stuff (if you want to)
  Grab these ready-made buttons to use on your site to encourage downloads of DivX Plus Web Player. (Remember the installer links supplied above.)
  

<a href="http://www.divx.com/divx/webplayer/"><img src="http://labs.divx.com/files/DivX_Plus_Labs_Banner_Large_en.png" /></a>	<a href="http://www.divx.com/divx/webplayer/"><img src="http://labs.divx.com/files/DivX_Plus_Labs_Banner_Medium_en.png" /></a>	<a href="http://www.divx.com/divx/webplayer/"><img src="http://labs.divx.com/files/DivX_Plus_Labs_Banner_Small_en.png" /></a>

• Don’t cheat
  Remember the “No Commercial Use” policy you accepted? It applies to everything you download from DivX Labs, including DivX Plus Web Player, our SDKs, etc.

 

We hope you enjoy using DivX Plus Web Player. If you have any questions, please contact support at http://support.divx.com