Everything you wanted to know about MPEG-4 / DivX, but were hesitant to ask
Will MPEG-4 / DivX Hit the Consumer Fixed DVD Player Market?
For its fame and bad reputation, DivX should be grateful to hackers and the Internet. Thanks to this revolutionary format, movies can be distributed over the Web, and a good-quality two-hour video program can easily fit on a standard CD. So when it comes to DivX, publishing publishers are holding on to their hearts and asking journalists, “Just don’t write about how to beat DVDs in DivX, otherwise movie studios and media organizations. human rights start a heartburn attack. ” However, our article is about the fact that DivX is not only used by hackers.
Although the very origins of the format were the story of a hack, today DivX is rightly called “MP3 for video”. And just as MP3 found its place in the mobile entertainment and home electronics industry in its time, DivX is beginning to pave its equally successful path in this direction.
DivX is synonymous with the mobile and desktop digital video applications of the future. The format was recognized by renowned manufacturers, leaders in technology. Now it is being actively introduced into electronic devices, from stationary DVD players to mobile phones, from digital television devices to pocket PCs.
Major consumer electronics companies such as Sony, Philips and Matsushita are working to create a digital cinema standard based on MPEG-4. Several telecommunications operators use the MPEG-4 standard for video transmission over mobile networks. Devices based on specialized chipsets for DivX playback are now available on the market.
Misunderstandings with formats and codecs
As practice shows, there is always a lot of confusion around MPEG-4 and DivX. The most common mistake, Avi, DivX and MPEG-4, is the same. AVI and MKV are containers (file formats), that is, data storage and packaging. Whereas DivX or XviD are codecs, that is, encoding methods and implementation for recording video data to a file and decrypting information, respectively, for playing back already recorded files. MPEG, in turn, describes both the codecs and the storage methods.
