ASHMADUX  heres a review for you: Divx 7 =GARBAGE.

if I can play almost any media on my mac using perian/flip4mac through quicktime, on my PPC, why cant noobie developed (mac) divx, which does the same things other programs do, is no longer ppc supported?

trash. gets the worst review i can manage here.  
(Version 7.0)

MICHAEL KWASNICKI  I don't get it.

Is DivX making itself unnecessary?

MKV with H.264 and AAC is definitely no effort and available for free.

Anyway why using those codecs in MKV since they are part of MPEG-4.  
(Version 7.0)

DIAMOND  If you read the DivX infomation on the site, Youll notice they DID NOT include any H264 video or AAC audio or MKV encoder updates with the Mac version of DivX 7.

Strange that WE Mac users have been using H264 and AAC in MPEGs MP4 container for years now. Not a big Deal to use Quicktime components to encode them instead in MP4.

DivX 7.0 Converter is version 1.3 is still PPC CPU useable.

DivX 7.0 Encoder component 6.8 is still PPC CPU useable.

(Some nice new options as PPC only had 6.7 before)

DivX 7.0 Decoder component is still PPC CPU useable.

DivX 7.0 Web plugin is 1.4.1.4 is still PPC CPU useable.

Only the App player requires Intell CPU as it has Intell libraries for the DivX player app for MKV only but then you can use Quicktime 7 ( as they give you a Quicktime DivX only component as ^above ^ and Perian plugin to play MKV any way if you must. then save as MOV and not need MKV version again. )

If you Need to make DivX standard files for a stand alone player then this will still work for PPC users. and you can use Quicktime to do just that still, You just can ether wait till (IF) they add PPC libraries or Extract the components from the installer and add them manualy to your PPC system.

Installer>Show contents>contents>unpack the zip file>then unpack the new zip file>

archive> NEW content....copy the new components...

DivX 6 license is all thats needed as the encoder is still version 6 but now 6.8  
(Version 7.0)

DARREL  A word of warning: If like me you export your movies recorded in EyeTV 3.1.1 to DivX format to play on a DivX-compatible DVD player, you'll want to make a backup copy of the DivX Encoder component located in /Library/QuickTime/ before upgrading to DivX 7.0. The new component is not compatible with EyeTV 3.1.1 and you'll get an error message to this effect.

The solution is then to remove the new DivX Encoder component and replace it with the older one that you made a backup of. I'm sure the Elgato folks will soon be coming up with an update to solve this problem, so make sure to keep a backup of the new Encoder component.  
(Version 7.0)

ILGAZ  It is like early alert service. If I had only Intel macs, release of "Intel only" binary of such software (not a game) would give me questions about the development qualities and scalability of their products.

It also seems DivX completely gave up their professional plans as you can see, even the most professional use codecs (e.g. sheer video) are still maintained and even enhanced on PPC macs even if they require significant work.

Let me suggest... If you want to stay on plain MPEG4-SP or ASP, the best commercially supported software coming with professional option is 3ivx , for less cost, of course xvid (which competes head to head) can be used. Both uses the Quicktime Framework of course.

For H264? Apple's H264 is _not_ bad. Especially as it has multiple core support (for PPC too!) and of course, it is free. X264 on the other hand is an excellent option if you want an advanced codec which you can even build with hand, for your CPU only.

After this move, DivX is no more relevant for me. In fact, this explains why Roxio (Adaptec) didn't add DivX support to Toast 10 which we all flamed. They didn't want to do a comical thing as releasing their bundle as "Intel only".

I pass this one, forever.  
(Version 7.0)

CHRISWAN  The codec is still version 6?

So you only shell upgrade money for a prettier player (which I very rarely use both on Mac and Windows)   
(Version 7.0)

PENGUIRL  So DivX is now Intel only? Way to go and alienate a substantial portion of the Mac userbase. Between Handbrake, Perian and VLC I don't need you anyway so go ahead and take a long walk on a short pier.  
(Version 7.0)

UMIJIN  Intel only??

Boo!!  
(Version 7.0)

RICH K.  it has been a long time since I encountered a divx file on the web. This, like Real player is slowly dying a long and arduous death. H264 and WMV have made it to the final. Lets see who wins?  
(Version 7.0)

LEOOFBORG  Lessee:

1/ No apparent upgrade policy for Mac users from 6 to 7.

2/ As others have said, there are encoding tools like Handbrake, FFMPegX, as well as players like MPlayer OSX Extended and VLC that make this obsolete.

For me, I'd 'upgrade' this if they had a policy to do so, but DivX has not been a mainline encoding tool for me for quite some time.  
(Version 7.0)