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- DivX 7: H.264 w00tage and Blu-ray p0wnage
- Read all ‘DivX 3.11′ posts in Crave
- Sony improves PlayStation 3 media capabilities gets DivX 3.11
- Pirate-sharing films throttle Hollywood
- Cabot DivX Team
- DivX finds its way into another HDTV in a likely IPTV move
DivX 7: H.264 w00tage and Blu-ray p0wnage
CNET News CA
The much-used video codec started as a hack of Microsoft’s proprietary MPEG-4 codec and was born out of frustration with Microsoft’s video-playback lameness. DivX quickly became an important ingredient of Internet video but in an HD era something with a little more power is needed.
Read all ‘DivX 3.11′ posts in Crave
CNET News CA
Also included in the release is guest access to the PlayStation store for non-PlayStation Network members. With this access they’ll be able to check out demos video and so on. Sony will also be adding DivX 3. 11 support to the system. I guess in a few more releases we’ll be seeing an update that reads our minds fulfills our deepest desires and then when it’s gained our trust completely drops the other shoe takes over the world and we’re done. Until that inevitable day we might as well enjoy what we have now. Check out the video for a walkthrough of the new features.
Sony improves PlayStation 3 media capabilities gets DivX 3.11
TG Daily
The software also lets users create slideshows and set them to music and to also build their own personal photo playlists. With the new update users will be able to explore the PlayStation Store without becoming PlayStation Network members. Users will also be provided with DivX 3. 11 support thus allowing the player to display more video formats than in the past.
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Pirate-sharing films throttle Hollywood
Times nline UK
The more people sharing a file the faster each will complete theirdownload. BitTorrent programs such as Vuze and µTorrent are easy to use —and free — as is Transmission for Mac owners. The most popular file formatfor video downloads is DivX which works in Windows Media Player andQuickTime. There is also a free DivX Player available at www. com whichalso burns discs and most recent DVD players will play DivX files fromdiscs. Storage spaceExternal hard drives are plummeting in price.
Cabot DivX Team
Home Media Magazine CA
com’>ctribbey@questex. com Digital TV software company Cabot Communications and DivX have partnered with DivX’s video format being integrated into all future Cabot products including the company’s own media browser for set-top boxes and Internet-connected TVs. “Cabot is delighted to be working with DivX to offer manufacturers a solution for high-quality video playback on a wide range of digital TV devices” said Cabot managing director Bob Lamb. “There is increasing demand for seamless media playback of premium content downloaded from the Internet and DivX technology perfectly complements our continually expanding range of IP-based solutions.
DivX finds its way into another HDTV in a likely IPTV move
BetaNews
The company announced a licensing agreement with DivX last year. DivX is digital video technology that lets users create and watch content and only a few years ago was relegated to the task of making ripped videos smaller on PCs’ hard drives. But since that time the company has made a surprisingly reliable video compression format at least for IPTV. Having the Samsung HDTVs certified by DivX means consumers can play back high-quality DivX video on their displays.