Cheers :) My impression of things is probably a bit wrong, Im probably underestimating the number of DivX certified players etc that exist. And yes when thinking of videoblogging, Im not thinking of the billions of legacy files that consumers want to play, indeed Im avoiding talking about that stuff at all because its 'grey' to say the least. Still it is similar to how mp3 become the established standard for audio. DivX doesnt dominate to quite the extent mp3 does though, I see a lot of xvid stuff floating around, but maybe they are pretty compatible.
Regarding mp4 support from the likes of Apple and Sony, it will be interesting to see what happens. Apple have actually been good about this so far, they could have limited ipod support to .mov containers only, if they wanted to keep tighter control of ipod video creation tools. They havent, theyve allowed normal m4 to work. The fact that only baseline h264 works is likely due to the choice of decoder chip, rather than a deliberate imcompatibility with PSP h264. Sony on the otherhand have either due to sloppyness or deliberate policy, messed with the PSP mp4 container, but it still hasnt stopped people creating 3rd party PSP video encoders. Did you say in the pst that DivX are working on playback in browsers? Compared to Apple's stuff thats where you are lacking most, and also lacking something like itunes and content deals. Im not so sure all those billions of legacy divx avi's will mean all that much to hardware manufacturers in the longterm. When people are buying more video online, it wont be in avi format. Couple that with phones & other devices creating mp4's of one kind of another, and next-gen DVD using h264, and I am not so sure DivX compatibility will continue to be such a selling point for DVD hardware players etc in the future. Steve of Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Vinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve, > Not to butter you up or anything, but you are very insightful. I > honestly appreciate these threads. > > There are published specs for avi and many other codecs and encoding > applications create avi's. For the longterm CE manufacturers will > support this format since there are billions of legacy files that the > consumers want to play. Supporting our 'certified' profile gives them a > competitive advantage, therefore they put it in the box. > From my side of the playground, the apple mp4 support is more of a > problem than a help. If anyone is going to make a vertically integrated > closed system it will be apple. I would be surprised if apple and sony > came together with a compatible format out of the kindness of their > hearts. The slight differences are not an accident. Recent content deals > on both sides drive an even deeper wedge between the psp and ipod. That > is where we are trying to be part of the solution. We do have the > leverage to make CE manufacturers implement a documented standard that > is verifiably interoperable by someone outside of the production > process. Also, due to required legacy support, even if we were evil, > hand wringing, control freaks, we couldn't lock out the existing, > non-DivX (r) encoding schemes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
