Hmmmmmmmm.... I can just imagine the tv commercials Anouncer: Guess what kids? Now YOU can be like Metallica! Kids: Me?! No way, metallica are cool! Anouncer: Well now you CAN be like them with the do-it-yourself sue-napster kit! Kids: Wow! You mean i can be as cool as Metallica and Dre and sue napster! Anouncer: Yes! The kit even includes 40 free hours of AOL! Get it now, before supplies run out!
[Order screen shows up]
Anouncer: Available at K-Mart and any store that supports major record labels.
1) This has been said already, but the DivX codec has absolutely NOTHING to do with the failed attempt by Circuit City to rent out dvd's on a pay per view basis.
2) Video - Video is encoded using a hacker version of the microsoft mpeg4 codec, YES, it is similiar to asf, but before you start screaming about file size and quality being so different from asf, that is because DivX is incapable of being streamed, the entire file must be downloaded before viewing unlike asf which has the index bytes included at regular parts in the movie, the divx codec does NOT include this, resulting in smaller file sizes for the same quality (Note: I'm not sure about the technical name for the index data, but this is correct as far as i know)
3) Audio - Simple, encoded in MP3 / WMA
4) Streamin - See #2 for why this dont work
If you want to see an example of how high DivX can go for quality, get over to http://divx.ctw.cc -> trailers -> the matrix, its one of the highest quality ones online right now. Hope this helps guys, alot of people seem to be stuck on the DivX / divx and the asf.
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Hmmmmmmmm.... I can just imagine the tv commercials
Anouncer: Guess what kids? Now YOU can be like Metallica!
Kids: Me?! No way, metallica are cool!
Anouncer: Well now you CAN be like them with the do-it-yourself sue-napster kit!
Kids: Wow! You mean i can be as cool as Metallica and Dre and sue napster!
Anouncer: Yes! The kit even includes 40 free hours of AOL! Get it now, before supplies run out!
[Order screen shows up]
Anouncer: Available at K-Mart and any store that supports major record labels.
Ah yes, the joy of being able to icq my friend some porn and him being able to be... busy with it before i hit the send button.
I know of only one way to respond to this: w00t!
Ok, just to set a few things straight here:
1) This has been said already, but the DivX codec has absolutely NOTHING to do with the failed attempt by Circuit City to rent out dvd's on a pay per view basis.
2) Video - Video is encoded using a hacker version of the microsoft mpeg4 codec, YES, it is similiar to asf, but before you start screaming about file size and quality being so different from asf, that is because DivX is incapable of being streamed, the entire file must be downloaded before viewing unlike asf which has the index bytes included at regular parts in the movie, the divx codec does NOT include this, resulting in smaller file sizes for the same quality (Note: I'm not sure about the technical name for the index data, but this is correct as far as i know)
3) Audio - Simple, encoded in MP3 / WMA
4) Streamin - See #2 for why this dont work
If you want to see an example of how high DivX can go for quality, get over to http://divx.ctw.cc -> trailers -> the matrix, its one of the highest quality ones online right now.
Hope this helps guys, alot of people seem to be stuck on the DivX / divx and the asf.