PS2 DivX playback is going to be pretty far away in my opinion, and not as much a leap foreward from the divX dreamcast player that a lot of people are hoping for. The graphics hardware is faster than the dreamcasts, but the actual visual display is the least processor intensive part of the playing. And the actual processor isn't faster to the degree that I'd see it giving any huge boosts to playback. For files of the same size, if there was a problem with them, yes. But for files of, say 640x480 I still don't see the ps2 being able to handle them at a reasonable bitrate.
And there's also the issue of what early stages the homebrew developing is for the ps2. I'd be very surprised to see any divX playback on the ps2 for at least a year or two. DivX networks seems to do an awful lot of hinting about the x-box though, so at least on that front there's a possibility.
I've been using the DivX player since their first beta, and in my opinion it's a wonderful option. In fact, I like it so much that I've changed my encoding of my older vhs tapes from vcd to divX, with the bitrate and size picked for best playback on the dreamcast. It's been a fantastic jump foreward to my archiving, from having at most three tv shows on one CD to having something like seven or eight encoded with DivX, with the same quality.
Sounds a lot like what mandrake offers for options. I think it's a pretty good idea for desktop distributions as well. When I first installed it, I had no idea what xmms was, but I did know what "multimedia" meant, so a check to that option. And after installing, then I got a chance to check through the options and remove or replace various programs as I found myself using or not using them. I think it's a pretty good way for someone to get used to a new system.
I'd probably feel sorry for myself for awhile, then come to the conclusion that the other alternative would have been to never have existed at all.
I had a lot of liver problems growing up. I sure didn't think at any time during it that it would have been better if I'd never been born though.
As long as you're using windows. As much as I understand the reason is likley the windows only building tools, it's still a bit galling on a game being released for multiple operating systems to only have one be beta tested by the public.
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PS2 DivX playback is going to be pretty far away in my opinion, and not as much a leap foreward from the divX dreamcast player that a lot of people are hoping for. The graphics hardware is faster than the dreamcasts, but the actual visual display is the least processor intensive part of the playing. And the actual processor isn't faster to the degree that I'd see it giving any huge boosts to playback. For files of the same size, if there was a problem with them, yes. But for files of, say 640x480 I still don't see the ps2 being able to handle them at a reasonable bitrate. And there's also the issue of what early stages the homebrew developing is for the ps2. I'd be very surprised to see any divX playback on the ps2 for at least a year or two. DivX networks seems to do an awful lot of hinting about the x-box though, so at least on that front there's a possibility.
I've been using the DivX player since their first beta, and in my opinion it's a wonderful option. In fact, I like it so much that I've changed my encoding of my older vhs tapes from vcd to divX, with the bitrate and size picked for best playback on the dreamcast. It's been a fantastic jump foreward to my archiving, from having at most three tv shows on one CD to having something like seven or eight encoded with DivX, with the same quality.
Does that make windows ME the cousin Oliver of the "OS bunch".
Sounds a lot like what mandrake offers for options. I think it's a pretty good idea for desktop distributions as well. When I first installed it, I had no idea what xmms was, but I did know what "multimedia" meant, so a check to that option. And after installing, then I got a chance to check through the options and remove or replace various programs as I found myself using or not using them. I think it's a pretty good way for someone to get used to a new system.
I'd probably feel sorry for myself for awhile, then come to the conclusion that the other alternative would have been to never have existed at all. I had a lot of liver problems growing up. I sure didn't think at any time during it that it would have been better if I'd never been born though.
As long as you're using windows. As much as I understand the reason is likley the windows only building tools, it's still a bit galling on a game being released for multiple operating systems to only have one be beta tested by the public.
Hopefully they'll do as well as previous consoles with poor Japanese support, such as the phillips CDI.