Have you checked out all the licensing stuff on DivXs site? Thats the biggest part of the puzzle not yet completed yet as far as DivX goes. Too many strings attached at the moment, video distributors appear to be treated differently to creators, and only being granted a license to share divx stuff for 1 year is not well suited to videoblogging.
Any progress on this stuff Jim? Should we be assuming that videobloggers should be doing the DivX Indy thing for now, or that you have something more flexible in the works? I congratulate DivX on the strong progress in recent months towards fixing all the technical issues, such as Mac compatibility, browser plugin (great work!) and progressive download. Once the browser plugin is out of beta, things should really start to take off. But if this happens without changes in your lciensing stuff, 2 bad things will happen: 1) Those that read the license will be putoff and stick to something with a license more suited to videobloggers such as mpeg4 or h264 2) Vast numbers of people wont read the licensing stuff at all, people will start publishing divx stuff willy nilly, and then later if you try to reign in this activity, DivX networks will seem like the bad guy. I am begging you to take a look at the mpeg4 and h24 licenses and see if you can incorporate some similar clauses. Exempting video which is under a certain length, under a certain number of viewers, stuff like that, will be important if videobloggers who want to do things by the book (and not get potentially stung in the ass later) are to be able to use DivX with confidence. Also the current DivX Indy license is incompatible with the mash up & remix sides of videoblogging culture. Indy creators are onyl allowed to distribute DivX videos of material that they are the copyright holder of. Other clauses such as 'no adult content' only add to the restrivtive feel of all this. Ive never actually looked as to whether Macromedia, Microsoft or Apple impose interesting licensing terms on their media formats, here I am just comparing DivX to what I know of the mpeg4 and h264 licenses. Cheers Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yep, DivX is now a complete, high quality solution for vloggers to consider > using. > definately worthy of your time to evaluate and experiment. > i'll be using it along with flv and quicktime on upcoming projects this > year. > > i am also adding DivX support to vlogdir this weekend. > > sull > > On 1/20/06, JV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also, for DivX, check out the new browser plugin with mac support now. > > > > http://labs.divx.com/archives/000072.html > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > n 1/20/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > personally, i'd use and recommend DivX over wmv! > > > > > > > > > > I've been messing with it for the past few weeks/month...it's really > > nice. > > > I'll try to find some time and post some test pieces this weekend. > > > The audio is a TON better than wmv. > > > Don't know why though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > sull > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > "The hybrid or the meeting of two media is a moment of truth and revelation > from which new form is born" > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > http://vlogdir.com - The Videoblog Directory > http://videobloggers.org - Free Videoblog Hosting / Vlogosphere Aggregator > 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/
