Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkTIL Circuit City created a proprietary disposable type of DVD called a DIVX that was viewable for only 48 hours after initial viewing unless an additional fee was paid. Which led to bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYeah DivX was awesome. Really led the way in allowing videos to be shared online. I wouldn’t have seen half the anime I did if it wasn’t for it.
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI think the first DivX I watched was Princess Mononoke. Not a bad start for sure!
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoWas .AVI the output of a DivX rip?
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months ago.avi is a container format. It can contain a divx video stream or almost any other encoding of video as well as audio streams and other media. It isn’t exclusive to divx.
Yeah DivX was awesome. Really led the way in allowing videos to be shared online. I wouldn’t have seen half the anime I did if it wasn’t for it.
I think the first DivX I watched was Princess Mononoke. Not a bad start for sure!
Was .AVI the output of a DivX rip?
.avi is a container format. It can contain a divx video stream or almost any other encoding of video as well as audio streams and other media. It isn’t exclusive to divx.