[MacDV] HD where?

[Ronald Woodland]

I know there are many who think DivX is a wonderful addition to the 
repertoire of codecs now available in the video compression arena.  But 
the fact is It's a bastard codec that only further fragments the 
compatibility landscape.  It is based on an early version of the MPEG-4 
codec, before the MPEG committee finalized the MPEG-4 standard.  Yes, 
I'm sure improvements have been made by DivX that in some ways is 
better than MPEG-4.  Had those improvements been brought to the MPEG 
committee, it possibly would have made the MPEG-4 product better.  But 
the DivX people chose to go their own way and develop a proprietary 
product rather than support an open standard that would further 
cross-platform, cross-technology compatibility.  Divx should not be 
used or endorsed or encouraged.

I say this at the risk of starting a heated exchange.  This is my 
opinion -- I felt it needed to be said.  If you don't agree, it's okay 
and life will go on.

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Ronald Woodland -- St. George, Utah  84770
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On Apr 6, 2005, at 5:01 PM, Mark M.Florida wrote:

Actually, the DivX website has an HD demo for the DivX codec.  Sure, 
it's compressed, but the DivX codec is really good, and the clips look 
AWESOME!  I downloaded the Madagascar trailer -- I think I had to use 
VLC to play it, though -- still looks good.

http://www.divx.com/hd/

2 cents.

- Mark