Don_DickletoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 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 bankruptcy(en.wikipedia.org)external-linkarrow-up1449arrow-down110message-square86fedilink
arrow-up1439arrow-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 bankruptcy(en.wikipedia.org)Don_DickletoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarelegion02Englisharrow-up10arrow-down4·2 months agolinkfedilinkWhat’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-squareAllNewTypeFaceEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkI think that was deliberate, and some pirate cheekily named the file format after a hated junk DVD format
minus-squareSpaceCowboyEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkYeah I remember it being called “DivX ;)” so DivX with a wink.
minus-squareBeigeAgendaEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkAh 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.