Microsoft details Xbox 360 Fall Update, adds DivX support

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Microsoft has officially detailed the new features and capabilities it plans to unleash on Xbox 360 users with its Fall Dashboard Update next Monday. In addition to the Xbox 360 Family Timer and Friends of Friends features announced earlier this month, this update will also add various additional features to the console’s interface.

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It will also include DivX support as well as an Inside Xbox feature that provides news from the console’s website, similar to Sony’s recently introduced PS3 Information Board.

http://www.techspot.com/news/28068-microsoft-details-xbox-360-fall-update-adds-divx-support.html

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More details about the enhanced video support here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx

For MPEG-4 ASP, here's what's supported:

The Xbox 360 supports Bidirectional Frames (BVOPs), Interlaced Frames, Quarter Pixel Motion Compensation, Global Motion Compensation, and MPEG Quantization.

Also, AVIs support 5.1 AC3 audio, but AAC 5.1 has not been added.