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Divx Now Adware Supported Only

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. PENiS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PENiS

  2. Re:My Linux Experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK YOU! That's what it has to do with the Divx codec.

  3. Your'e right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ogg vorbis has GAY fuckin names.
    whats next?
    Ogg Darth?
    Ogg3PO?

    GAY! No wonder your stupid codecs haven't caught on - even though it's not for a lack of evangelism on behalf of the near-braindead slashdot editors. Do you guys wear bibs to catch all the crap you spew?

  4. Re:VLC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    uhm VLC is just a player, all it is is a gui for the codecs which you will still need if you want to watch DivX movies so it solves nothing

  5. Fifth Reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FR !
    http://members.xoom.com 4eva fascists !

  6. Re:Look further down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, you should as well see your breasteses... er, your breastes... your boobs goddamnit. Tell us more about 'em, anyway. Please ?

  7. In Soviet Russia... by Yakov+Smirnoff · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia... editors read linked pages

  8. Re:VLC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Mod ickoonite down DOWN !

    Parent poster is just a troll looking for karma - desite what he says, VLC does NOT use FFMPEG/libavcodec to play back DivX/XviD/other MPEG4 compliant video. MODERATORS, please don't mark as informative when its straight out trolling !!!

  9. Re:VLC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As I have said 4 or 5 times on this story now, VLC uses FFMPEG/libavcodec to play back DivX/XviD/other MPEG4 compliant video.

    The result is that you lose every benefit from using a codec other than the baseline MPEG4. DivX has advanced features that give it remarkably better quality at lower bitrates, which is all lost when using FFMPEG. It's a work around, not a solution.

  10. Re:VLC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Naaaahhhh... VLC does not use FFMPEG. Read this guys other posts - he's a troll.