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[Burned Phoenix]

Microsoft's main goal for native media format support for Metro style apps was to ensure users and app developers could count on a consistently great playback experience across a wide variety of PC form factors, with modern formats used in mainstream scenarios such as:
 

-HTML5-based entertainment on the web
-Home movies captured using popular smartphones, point-and-shoot cameras, or AVC-HD cameras
-Streaming music, movies, and TV shows from popular services

The tables below show the video and audio formats that have built-in support for Metro style apps. Formats recommended for use by Metro style apps are a reflection of deep partnerships with hardware manufacturers for predictable hardware acceleration across PC form factors and predictable end-to-end scenario performance beyond playback such as capture, streaming, and transcoding

[WinTunes]

If it supports MPEG-4, does it mean it supports DivX and Xvid file formats?

[pcHuntqwerty]

Yes, all your downloaded videos will run without any problem.

[Villain]

best format ever is H.264 Video, AAC audio, MKV container. everything else is crap.
if your still using XViD / DivX, then you really need to go to the above formats. huge, HUGE difference.