Some not so great news for those who happen to like seeing H.264 video in Chrome as it seems Google is dropping the support. The details are coming courtesy of The Chromium Blog who are reporting that; “Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for more »

Divx has announced the newest version of their video player. Divx 7 is based on the H.264 video compression standard and offers video at up to 1080p HD resolution.

The new version of Divx comes in two different formats. The free download Divx 7 for Windows for Divx video playback and Divx 7 Pro which allows for Divx video creation. Both versions contain the Divx 7 video player which offers support for H.264 files.