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Finally, a codec name stupider than "DivX ;-)".
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
Finally, a codec name stupider than "DivX ;-)".
- piracykills 9y agoFun fact - "DivX ;-)" was a cracked version of the Microsoft MPEG4 decoder which was originally restricted to only play in ASF containers and has nothing to do with DivX the company which came later. For more history on this, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX#History
- dsnuh 9y agoAre you confusing the DivX codec with the DIVX DVD format? I don't know how accurate to it is to say that the cracked MPEG4 decoder had nothing to do with DivX the company. Gej (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Rota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Rota) was the guy that created the DivX ;) crack, and definitely worked at DivX, Inc. from the very beginning. Source: worked at DivX