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http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=142482

Early betas of their decoder has proven to be faster than CoreAVC in some areas, if not overall.

They are making MKV their standard. They are doing more to get MKV recognized AS a standard than anyone I can name. Just imagine "DivX HD Certified" meaning your device has to support the format.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/Dec 23rd 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/
But before we start calling them the sons of Satan, (seemingly someone's still mad about the whole dvix vs xvid format war) lets remember the x264 team came to their offices to celebrate their 1000th release, and were welcomed with open arms. There's more than enough room for both the Open Source and Divx to compete.

Like I said before, DivX supporting H.264 is, and can only be, a good thing. H.264 is already VERY well established, and far too many devices support the STANDARD for DivX to come up with some evil proprietary version that will supplant that.

And let's not forget that MKV will definitely benefit from DivX.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/
When a tiny cabal lead by Sony leads the industry "by the nose", putting up pseudo industry groups like the BDA as a front whose decisions it blatantly ignores, you don't have a problem with it. Indeed, you criticize more open efforts based upon actual industry consortiums as "more proprietary."

When a small company that makes fairly decent media decoders (they even made MPEG4 Part 2 usable...) offers something that they have no way of forcing upon anyone as a possible standard for the industry to gather around, then it's suddenly the worst thing ever.

If DivX 7 succeeds, it'll be because it's good enough for the industry to see as worth backing. And given the entire thing is based upon well documented open standards (MKV, H.264, AAC), I'm really not seeing anything to be against here. There's no part of this they can prevent other companies implementing independently, and the logo will establish a baseline encoders and decoders can strive for compatibility with.

What's the problem here? "Hijacking"? How? What can they possibly prevent other people from using freely?

They're not Sony. And if they succeed at what they're doing, then it's a net positive for HD, particularly given the high cost of Blu-ray publishing at the moment.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/Dec 23rd 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/
The industry already sees H.264 as a standard worth backing. I would think that was obvious long ago. Just look at all the devices that support it. The IPod, Xbox 360, PS3, Zune, Windows 7, PSP, DirecTV, Dish, I could go on and on.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/divx-7-gets-january-2009-release-date/
I was talking about you, and your bizarre behavior here where a fairly weak company is offering a take it or leave it technology based upon open standards that, itself, will establish a reasonable baseline standard, and you're acting as if they've just patented MPEG4 and are going to force everyone to use it, when your past behavior when it comes to vastly more powerful companies has been to defend their behavior and even suggest the standards they've pushed are "less proprietary" than those created by actual open consortiums.

This is a genuinely positive development. Either people will sign on to it, or they will not, but if they do then DivX are establishing a truly open standard that everyone can adhere to, and that'll benefit everyone, particularly as DivX cannot do anything to punish those who stray outside of the standard beyond refuse to allow their mark to be licensed.

I'm bewildered you think it's so terrible. Perhaps it's safe to say you're frightened by open standards?
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Does this also mean that MKV is going to be used more widely, now? That we be an enormous benefit!]]>Dec 24th 2008 2:46AM