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A video distribution technology based on MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio for downloading video via the Internet and playing in Windows Media Player.
An alternative but discontinued DVD-Video format from Digital Video Express and Circuit City allowing discs to be rented, then thrown away or kept. By using extra layers of encryption the discs become unplayable after 48 hours, but this could be extended at any time by making a financial transaction via a modem built into the DIVX player. DIVX players will also play normal DVD-Video discs and were launched in the USA in mid 1998. DVD-Video players will not play DIVX discs.
This was supposed to be a standard that would offer competition to DVD movies, and allow people to purchase Divx discs that would only be enabled for a...
A version of DVD that requires a special player.
This is an MPEG4 compliant codec from DivXNetworks, Inc. It currently has the highest level of compression with creating a significant quality loss. DivX was originally a hack on the Microsoft MPEG4 codec, its' success lead to a total overhaul to be a legal and fully MPEG4 compliant product. [see also Codec. MPEG
DivX, a trademark of DivXNetworks, Inc., is a digital video compression format based on the MPEG-4 technology. DivX files can be downloaded over high-speed lines in a relatively short time without sacrificing the quality of the digital video.
DIgital Video eXpress: a proprietary extension to the DVD-Video standard which effectively turns it into a pay-per-view system. Introduced in the second half of 1998, its backers - led by the Circuit City electronics chain - abandoned the technology in mid-1999.
DivX is a special video format that lowers the size of the video file without losing much quality. Many .AVI movies are now in fact DivX(tm) encoded, and require a DivX codec to view.
DivXNetworks created DivX, a MPEG-4 digital video technology. Among its benefits is compression technology, which allows DivX equipped network cameras to store a month of video on a 20'gigabyte hard drive.
DivX is a new format for digital video, much like MP3 is a format for digital music. DivX is the brand name of a patent-pending video compression technology created by DivXNetworks, Inc., (also known as Project Mayo). The DivX63/44 codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec is so advanced that it can reduce an MPEG-2 video (the same format used for DVD or Pay-Per-View) to ten percent of its original size.
It is video encoding technology, released by company called DivXNetworks. The DivX codec is based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. This codec is so advanced that it can reduce an MPEG-2 video (the same format used for DVD or Pay-Per-View) to ten percent of its original size. View DVD to DivX Ripper and DivX to DVD Burner.
Defunct home video system, a rental variant of DVD, conceived by a prominent Los Angeles entertainment law firm and developed by U.S. electronics retailer Circuit City, sold from June 1998 to June 16 of 1999.
A digital video codec popular with file downloaders and often confused with Divx, the defunct home video system.
DivX(tm) is a video technology that compresses digital video so it can be downloaded over DSL or cable modems in a relatively short time with no reduced visual quality.
(See codec guide)
an MPEG-4 (see MPEG) format that enables the compression of high quality video using a low bitrate, essentially providing DVD quality using CD-ROM space.
is a video codec created by DivX, Inc. (formerly DivXNetworks, Inc.), which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality. DivX uses lossy MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, where quality is balanced against file size for utility. [more...
A video-compression format that can squeeze video files to a fraction of their normal space, allowing near-DVD quality movies to be downloaded from the internet and stored on a CD
Video compression software which enables high quality video to be compressed into very small files then downloaded onto CD-R or CD-RW and played back with very little loss of quality
DivX - This was originally a hack on the Microsoft MPEG4 codec, its' sucess lead to a total overhaul (ie: DivX version 4) to be a legal and fully MPEG4 compliant product.
Movies ripped from a DVD using the DivX video codecs. Can be played back using Media Player.
a type of downloadable video based on the MPEG-4 standard.
an MPEG-4 video format that compresses video files and allows for full-screen, high-quality playback.
Digital Video Express. A short-lived pay-per-viewing-period variation of DVD.
a video format developed by DivX, Inc. which is well known for its ability to compress long video segments into small files.
A brand-name video codec (compression-decompression) technology based on the MPEG-4 standard that compresses video to small size with a high degree of quality.
A video encoding format based on the MPEG-4 video compression standard. It can achieve a higher compression ratio than the older MPEG-2 standard, resulting in lower bitrates and smaller file sizes.
Digital Video Express - now this is a hot topic. It's a competing format against DVD in the USA. See DiVX for the pro and see just about any other site for the cons.
failed digital video rental system
A recent codec for MPEG-4 video, developed on the Internet.
A modified, non-standard MPEG codec often used to distribute animations over the internet.
An MPEG-4 compliant video codec from DivXNetworks, www.divx.com, DIVX can compress to a much smaller file size. Despite the file size, the video maintains a near DVD quality format.
A video compression technology based on the MPEG-4 compression standard. It is an extremely efficient method of compression, able to compress an MPEG-2 video to one-tenth of its original size.
n/a scheme to allow game or video rental