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Saturday, January 08, 2005

Have you heard about the new DivX ?

The new DivX6 announced at CES and due for release in March, will not only have integrated subtitles ( guys @ K.I.S.S. and Philips please make a firmware to support them soon ), but also a menu system ( what DVD? ), and to top it all off multichannel audio ( now that's an insult..). The files will be in an .avi container ( existing DivX playback devices should be able to play them with a small update).
Now if everything goes as planned the former hacked codec in it's 3rd reincarnation will be one of the dominant ones in future devices. Microsoft tries hard with their WMV containers but if I recall correctly it was DivX that had the first players on the market and DivX that is always a favorite ( along with XviD of 'course ) amongst the net film and series distributors.. Well think for yourselves.. It's gonna be a great race.

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