Xvid and DivX are interoperable. If you have either one installed you can play both (most people just have a codec pack installed, so you never notice the difference).
So the simple version is while MS is still "in talks" Sony has already sealed the deal and the next update should have Divx. I for one will not miss transcoding.
Who said the DiVX support would be there to display user movies?I would never expect a movie company like sony to enable such a wide used codec for illegal movie copies.What I do think is that they'll use it in Home for advertising or something.Lets just hope I'm wrong here.
motangNov 13, 2007
Sweet! This makes them more viable and appeal more to the media centric crowd!
geokenNov 13, 2007
Is DivX still relevant? I thought the open source xvid pretty much killed off DivX?
heartcoldfusionNov 13, 2007
Déjà vu? <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/playstation_3/DivX_support_to_be_added_to_PS3">http://www.digg.com/playstation_3/DivX_support_to_ ...</a>
gerz1219Nov 14, 2007
Xvid and DivX are interoperable. If you have either one installed you can play both (most people just have a codec pack installed, so you never notice the difference).
darkshroudNov 14, 2007
So the simple version is while MS is still "in talks" Sony has already sealed the deal and the next update should have Divx. I for one will not miss transcoding.
sarlacNov 14, 2007Submitter
guess not, since I submitted it minutes after the post to ARS
p5ychoNov 14, 2007
Who said the DiVX support would be there to display user movies?I would never expect a movie company like sony to enable such a wide used codec for illegal movie copies.What I do think is that they'll use it in Home for advertising or something.Lets just hope I'm wrong here.