Divx Now Adware Supported Only

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, 2003 @07:42AM from the and-so-it-goes dept.

bogomip_bandit writes "The divx codec is no longer free, no strings attached. Until recently, when downloading the codec from divx.com, one could select Dr Divx for a price, Divx Pro for a price, the divx codec for free, or the divx codec with bundled adware to help support divx development etc. Recently the site has changed. Now when one visits the download page, the only free codec you can download is adware supported. This means even to just watch divx movies and not do any actual enncoding, one has to install adware on their machine. I for one will be finding a different video codec." Sounds like a good reason (if you needed one) to look curiously at Ogg Theora. Update: 08/20 20:04 GMT by T : Correction: As several readers have pointed out, the bare codec is still available, it's just listed below the payware / adware versions.

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Re:Nothing Changed by error502 · 2003-08-20 07:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh, god. Parent is going to get modded *so* redundant. Goodbye, Karma.
Re:Doesn't someone moderate this stuff by Jack+Comics · 2003-08-20 08:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You're new here, aren't you?

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Hmm... by Garridan · 2003-08-20 08:38 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Update: this is total bullshit.

NEXT!

Why does every story I ever submit get rejected, when they let shit like this through?