DivX Promises To Change The Industry

jrazz wrote on 12/31/2009, 6:12 PM
DivX will be at CES introducing something that promises to "change the future of entertainment."

I have always liked DivX and their technology (always as in after it failed to take off as a rental format from Circuit City). I am looking forward to their announcement- hopefully it has something to do with offering another site that is similar to what Stage6 was. When that site when down I stopped using DivX as my main online format. I know flash has a wider viewing audience but I really feel that DivX has a higher quality encode. Nothing wrong with offering them both. Anyways, just thought I would share.

The above was from a mailing I received from them.

j razz

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 12/31/2009, 6:27 PM
flash has a wider viewing audience but I really feel that DivX has a higher quality encode

The quality card went to Flash also when they adopted h.264 as the standard delivery format. If Divx can top that, I'll be impressed.
John_Cline wrote on 12/31/2009, 7:26 PM
DIVX, the failed rental format from the now failed Circuit City had absolutely no connection whatsoever to DivX the video compression format.
jrazz wrote on 12/31/2009, 8:21 PM
DivX® Pro 7 for Windows is our premium software offering, providing everything you need for a true HD experience. Utilizing our latest and greatest video technology based on

They have been using h.264 since they started developing Project Rémoulade.

Thanks John for the clarification. I didn't know that- I assume the usage of the name was intentional? Who knows.

j razz
John_Cline wrote on 12/31/2009, 11:07 PM
Rumor has it that the developer of DivX named it that as a jab toward DIVX.
apit34356 wrote on 12/31/2009, 11:11 PM
When Maincept was acquired the DivX group last year, they got a strong H.264 and mpeg codexs with a number of big companies licensing them. I was hoping the Sony's deal would be expanded with Divx, helping them improve their player's codex library to replace some of qtime codecs
BudWzr wrote on 1/1/2010, 2:34 AM
And then they got a reverse jab with Xvid.
MarkWWW wrote on 1/1/2010, 7:09 AM
The original version of the DivX codec was called "DivX ;-)" (including smiley) and was a pirated version of Microsoft's MPEG4V3 codec, - the name was meant as a gloating reference to the much-hated DIVX rental disc system that had failed commercially a little earlier.

Later, at V4 of the DivX codec, it was recoded as a completely legit, initially open-source, MPEG4 codec using none of Microsoft's code, and the smiley was dropped from the official name. At some point later, the DivX entity split into a commercial entity, the DivX of today, and a continuing open-source effort, the Xvid of today. The exact historical details are convoluted and depend on exactly which of the participants you ask, but I think that is the general way it happened.

Mark
BudWzr wrote on 1/1/2010, 7:26 AM
More trivia: Divx Version 5.2.1 is still used widely because it is the last freeware version. So most portable media players have this version because it's free to the OEM.
1marcus4 wrote on 1/3/2010, 12:20 AM
Just another layer of bullshit to me. Both Xvid and DivX are superfluous now, or will be very shortly. The industry has chosen the future.
Grazie wrote on 1/3/2010, 12:42 AM
> "Just another layer of bullshit to me."

Oh, right, is that why my new SONY DVD player allows me to play DivX files? Is part of the SONY setup menu, with an option to register the DivX feature? Maybe you should be telling SONY this? Obviously they haven't heard or been told, yet.

Better still, why don't you actually STATE why you think this is the case, then I could at least have learnt from your "observation"?

I can't speak for Xvid.

Grazie

jrazz wrote on 1/6/2010, 7:44 AM
[i]TV is about to get a lot more interesting. DivX TV brings all your favorite Internet content and services directly to your name-brand TV or Blu-ray player without the need of a PC. The easy-to-use DivX TV interface gives you immediate, free access to all your favorite media in one place, on your schedule. Enjoy the latest web videos, hit TV shows, blockbuster Hollywood films and your favorite social networking services alongside your personal collection of movies, music and photos.[i]

The link

j razz
Laurence wrote on 1/6/2010, 10:35 AM
What tickles me a bit is that if you follow the DivX TV link and watch the video with the streaming option, you see it in Flash.
A. Grandt wrote on 1/6/2010, 12:26 PM
Even the PS3 plays DiVX versions 4 and up.

I was hoping that when DiVX 7 came out using the Matroska (.mkv) container for h.264, Sony would have included that on the PS3.