Well, I feel like a luser asking this question, but where do I get a free usable DivX codec/player for Windows?
I went to divx.com, but they wanted me to download some adware player, and windows media player keeps giving me an error message when it tries to download the codec (it never seems to be able to download codecs it doesn't have).
And I got some install supposedly for the DivX 3.11a and the 4.x codec, but it still didn't play in Media Player. Though the help file says that it is the DivX Codec v. 4.x copyright DivX Networks, divxnetworks.com, which own and operates DivX.com, but there is still no codec download on their website. ARGH!
This is a little off topic considering that Hungary is not an EU member nation and the poster doesn't want to buy digital goods; however...
July 1st all companies selling digital media to member countries of the EU were required to collect VAT on that product (at the "general" VAT rate for that country which can be as high as 25%) and send it into that countries government. And it has always been that any company selling to EU member nations with a larger that $96,000 in sales per year (that number could be wrong) are required to collect VAT on the products they sell.
This has caused a lot of companies to stop selling in the EU because technically VAT is not an added tax like sales tax and therefore if something costs $400 in the US and you have a 10% sales tax the consumer pays $440 and the government gets $40; however if a product sells for $400 and the VAT is 25%, the consumer pays $400 and the government gets $100. The final seller pays the VAT on the entire product value, but then gets VAT refunds from the supply chain.
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I just got the DivX adware player from divx.com and only installed the codecs and it's all good now.
Well, I feel like a luser asking this question, but where do I get a free usable DivX codec/player for Windows?
I went to divx.com, but they wanted me to download some adware player, and windows media player keeps giving me an error message when it tries to download the codec (it never seems to be able to download codecs it doesn't have).
And I got some install supposedly for the DivX 3.11a and the 4.x codec, but it still didn't play in Media Player. Though the help file says that it is the DivX Codec v. 4.x copyright DivX Networks, divxnetworks.com, which own and operates DivX.com, but there is still no codec download on their website. ARGH!
This is a little off topic considering that Hungary is not an EU member nation and the poster doesn't want to buy digital goods; however...
July 1st all companies selling digital media to member countries of the EU were required to collect VAT on that product (at the "general" VAT rate for that country which can be as high as 25%) and send it into that countries government. And it has always been that any company selling to EU member nations with a larger that $96,000 in sales per year (that number could be wrong) are required to collect VAT on the products they sell.
This has caused a lot of companies to stop selling in the EU because technically VAT is not an added tax like sales tax and therefore if something costs $400 in the US and you have a 10% sales tax the consumer pays $440 and the government gets $40; however if a product sells for $400 and the VAT is 25%, the consumer pays $400 and the government gets $100. The final seller pays the VAT on the entire product value, but then gets VAT refunds from the supply chain.
For more elequently written information check out:
European Union Value Added Tax - VAT
July 1 is VAT Day