PS3 Gets DivX Support, Coming Soon to Xbox 360 117
Mpegged writes "The popular DivX video codec will soon be supported on the PlayStation 3 via a future firmware update. DivX CEO Kevin Hell also hinted that support is coming to the 360 as well. 'During the SMid Cap conference call with investment firm JP Morgan, Hell was asked if the recent deal that will see DivX codecs shipped with new versions of Microsoft's standalone Media Center Extenders means that such support will also be arriving on the Xbox 360. "Yes!" was his immediate reply, although he quickly qualified that confirmation with a disclaimer that the deal was still in the negotiation process and had not yet been finalized.'"
DivX... do people still use that? (Score:3, Informative)
Xvid support (Score:3, Informative)
Re:DivX... do people still use that? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Informative)
The other issue is the container. The PS3 will not play mkv, and mp4 doesn't like ac3 5.1 sound. Currently you can split the streams apart, try to fudge the video level down to 4.1 and remux to vob format, with an extension the PS3 will accept, say
What we really need is VLC to be on the PS3, and cut out all the crap. xbox360 owners seem to have their own limited support issues, but they're having great success with HD WMV, which sony won't touch.
Re:DivX... do people still use that? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Definitely The Pr0n... (Score:3, Informative)
In the end though, my guess is that adding DivX support is not a huge technological problem, and given the fierce battle Sony and Microsoft are engaged in, each wants as many bullet points as possible. In the end, competition is good for the consumer!
HD DVD vs Blu-ray is even less influence due to the wide scale spread of porn on the internet but also because it's untrue. The CEO of Digital Playgrounds (a Porn studio) complained Sony wasn't giving him enough support and claimed Sony didn't want porn on blu-ray at a Porn conference. Immediately afterwards Vivid announced a line up of hd porn for blu-ray. It seems it was just grapes from one studio that wanted more support. It doesn't seem Sony had any ban or policy against porn on blu-ray ever.
Re:Question (Score:3, Informative)
The killer feature for me was the front-side USB port, which lets me play movies right off of a flash drive.
Throw in easy region-free hacks + HDMI/1080i support and I've got myself a winner for around $75
Re:DivX... do people still use that? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:PS3 Media Center (Score:3, Informative)
I think it's shaping up to be the ultimate multimedia center. The 360 is also making efforts to improve it's multimedia support, but you'd probably have to get the 120Gb to make any decent use of it.
Re:xbmc (Score:3, Informative)
Simple and easy to use, looks good, works well, is now reliable and packed full of features.