I had [no wise cracks!] a thought ...
If M$ claims DivX is a rip-off from their codec, it's a good bet to make
that mickeyzoft *stole* the original concept/source from someone else.
The job now is to determine who/where and how to get permission to
implement the *original* non-dozerized algorithm.
l.d.
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 14:11:36 +0200, Or Botton wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:02:00 +0100 (CET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> QV is a great tool for movies (MPEG, AVI and MOV). However it's way too
>> outdated nowdays when almost everything is in RealMedia, QuickTime 3/4/5
>> or DivX format and thereby requiring Windows :(
> I asked the Quickview author about Quicktime 3 (when it was new).
> He said he will look into it. RealMedia is problematic (as far as
> getting permission goes), and DivX will not be implemented because its
> an 'illegal' rip-off of a commercial codec from MS.
> Personally I think that since DivX is so wide-spread, ignoring it
> because its psuedo illegal isnt really going to matter alot.
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