Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square84fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down15
arrow-up1218arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squarelegion02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat’s hilarious is that divx was the most popular pirate format back in the day before they went commercial use and xvid replaced it.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAh the good old days when mplayer was needed to handle the partially corrupt divx files on 800mb CD-Rs with missing I-frames, and audio sync issues right and left.
What’s hilarious is that divx was the most popular pirate format back in the day before they went commercial use and xvid replaced it.
I think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
Yeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.
Ah the good old days when mplayer was needed to handle the partially corrupt divx files on 800mb CD-Rs with missing I-frames, and audio sync issues right and left.