DivX 5.0: From T-shirt To Dress Suit

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Introduction

The Garage Got Too Small

At the end of the wild '60s, members of that generation were faced with two alternatives: either you kept your flower power T-shirt and got in line down at the employment office, or you slipped into your dress suit and merged into the fast lane. At the newly founded DivX Networks, Inc. , the chips are down. The former pioneers, Jérôme "Gej" Rota and Darrius "Junto" Thompson, who had their eye on a now obsolete Microsoft MPEG-4 Codec while still in their salad days, got themselves a marketing man and hired 6 more staff members. And they want to be paid.

The new generation of DivX-Codec 5.0 is now ready for downloading at DivX.com . The main difference between it and its predecessors is that only the standard version is still free. The "Pro" version, with many new features, now costs $30. Anyone who cannot do without this program, and yet has no money, will have to develop a fondness for a banner ad-sponsored version. Despite this situation, which has generated controversy among many users, one thing must be said for the DivX Networks team: they developed a codec that compresses the data volume of DVDs to an eleventh of their original size, with almost the same quality. This makes DivX 5.0, which is compatible with MPEG-4s, ideal for transmitting audio and video data over the Internet. It also makes it possible for a Hollywood classic to be burned onto a CD-ROM. This last statement is true, if the film is no longer than 100 minutes and if you insert a blank CD with a capacity of 700 MB or more.

Introduction

Introduction

The Garage Got Too Small

The New Features At A Glance