I watch/listen to most of my vlogs and podcasts on my Creative Zen M.....it converts almost all formats, although it does seem to have a problem with Paul's here lately. Anyway yes there are "other" devices that people use to watch video.....I for one really like the Zen, it plays a number of video formats without having to be converted. (mp1-mp2, avi, wmw, mov) Which is pretty cool....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interoperability is also not about downplaying the significance of > incompatibility with popular devices that have not chosen to > participate in your certification program. > > Despite all my waffle in the previous posts, Im reasonably confident > that right now I could create an .mp4 with mpeg4 or h264 video, that > will play on itunes, ipod, PSP, fireant, democracy, VLC, and in dozens > of other software players on windows, os x and linux. Its nowhere near > as easy as it should be, and in straightforward world where every > device was likely to embrace divx, I would have absolutely nothing > negative to say whatsoever about the codecs and tools that divx > offers, your strategy, or anything youve said. > > But its not that clearcut, and so as in past years, you find me > ranting about mpeg4 and seeking greater clarity. You say Sony, I say ' > so does that include the sony PSP and PS3?' > > It all comes down to what will happen with devices in the future, and > Im finding it to be really hard to tell what sorts of devices are > actually out there and being used by people, is there even a huge > demand from people for compatible files for their device? People > focussed on the iPod because of its profile, and all the hype and > media attention and consumer attention that goes with it. But we know > there are loads of other devices out there that can play video, some > of them support divx, some support a range of mpeg4, some both. We > hear about some of these devices here occasionally, but Ive no idea > how many people are out there wanting to watch videoblogs on any of > these. We could assume that comments from viewers would alert everyone > to these demands, I dunno, what sort of a tiny fraction of humans are > actually consuming video on mobile devices right now? Or on DivX > certified DVD players? When video on mobile phones comes fully of age, > what format will it be using, will the masses actually use their > phones for this? As you can see this means that Im still unclear as to > how big a problem this stuff will actually turn out to be in the > future, maybe I shouldnt judge DivX & others so much based on device > interoperability at all. After all the browser is where most of the > action has been in the last 2 years, and I congratulate you again on > sucessfully coming up with a divx browser solution that seems to work > well and definately removed the most dramatic reason why divx wasnt a > great fit for vloggers. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "JV" <jvinson@> wrote: > > > As for mp3 audio, this sounds more complicated than it is. Every video > > has some sort of audio, we just choose to use a very popular codec. If > > you want, you can make a DivX file with ac3 audio. If the user doesn't > > have ac3, they won't get sound. So, all files have a video stream and > > an audio stream in the same file. All DivX encoding applications > > include a licensed mp3 encoder. > > > interoperability. ('It plays in QT, iTunes and ipod' isn't exactly > > interoperability. It plays on VLC, Sony, Toshiba, Democracy sounds a > > little more interoperable to me). > > >
