Divx News
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In This Week's Issue
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1. DivX 5.0.3 Released
2. CyberLink Multimedia Software to Include DivX
3. In Other News...
DivX 5.0.3 Released
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By far the biggest story of the past week is the long-awaited
release of DivX® 5.0.3. The first new DivX release in over eight
months, DivX 5.0.3 includes a number of new features and
optimizations. The first of many exciting new DivX products to
come your way in 2003, the new release was specifically built to
integrate with the crop of DivX Certified hardware devices hitting
the market.
A few new features in 5.0.3:
* Nth Pass™ encoding to improve visual quality
(more encoding passes = better quality)
* Direct support for interlaced video like that from television shows
and digital video cameras
* Support for DivX Certified Hardware profiles (ensure playback on the
DivX Certified hardware devices due for release in 2003)
* And of course, much more... :-)
* Read about all the new features in DivX 5.0.3 and DivX Pro 5.0.3:
<http://www.divx.com/divx/divx_win_versions.php>
<http://www.divx.com/divx/divxpro_win_versions.php>
* Download DivX 5.0.3 or DivX Pro 5.0.3:
<http://www.divx.com/divx>
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CyberLink Multimedia Software to Include DivX
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We've already told you about the DivX Certified consumer
electronics devices that will soon be hitting retail shelves
worldwide--but DivX video has also been making serious headway in
the software market lately. A number of leading multimedia
software products have included support for DivX video in their
latest releases, including InterVideo's WinDVD Platinum, ACD
VideoMagic from ACD Systems, ShowShifter PVR software from Home
Media Networks, QCast Tuner from BroadQ, and more.
The latest company to sign up for DivX video is CyberLink, the
company behind the popular video software PowerDVD and
PowerDirector, among others. CyberLink recently announced that
they will integrate DivX and DivX Pro into their entire line of
video products, providing users worldwide with even more great
DivX-enabled products.
* Read the CyberLink/DivXNetworks press release:
<http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=47>
* Check out DivX Licensed software products on DivX.com:
<http://www.divx.com/software/>
In Other News...
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In the news this week: A review of the KiSS DP-450 from Tom's
Hardware, another shot fired in the file trading wars, and a look
at the future of the connected home.
* DP-450: First Player for DivX Video in Hi-Fi Format--Tom's Hardware
<http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20030124/index.html>
A comprehensive review of the KiSS DP-450, the first DVD player to
enable playback of DivX videos. A bit of wisdom from the review:
"And in 2003, the emerging trend may be that DVD players need to
allow for playback of DivX videos and JPEG images (picture CDs) if
they want to stay on the market...Anyone who has bought a DVD
player without a DivX feature will probably be kicking himself."
* Kazaa strikes back at Hollywood, labels--News.com
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982344.html?tag=cd_mh>
Popular file trading service Kazaa is counter-suing the big
Hollywood studios, claiming they are "obscenely" abusing copyright
powers by attempting to drive potential online competitors out of
business in order to corner the market on digital distribution.
* Audio and Video to Pioneer Multimedia Home Network Market--In-Stat/MDR
<http://www.instat.com/press.asp?ID=523&sku=IN020018MI>
A recent report from research firm In-Stat/MDR predicts that audio
and video technologies will drive a spike in home networking in
the coming years. From the report: "In the near term, because of
bandwidth and Quality-of-Service (QoS) constraints, it is expected
that only compressed video, such as MPEG 2 and MPEG 4, will be
networked."
That's all we have for you this week. Thanks for supporting DivX
video. Please feel free to send us any comments and suggestions
at <info@divx.com>.
Until next time,
The DivX Team
Cut/Pasted from 'weekly' newsletter
Posted by: Amarjit
The wierdest thing with me and DivX is that the encoding doesn't work.