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Re: (TV) OT: Computer geek question



Jay --

DIVX was a short-lived DVD-player format from a few years back, created by
the movie studios and electronic-store chain Circuit City. Idea was you
bought a DIVX player, then bought a DIVX-playable disc of a movie, which you
could watch five times or so before it locked you out. Then you'd pay more,
via a modem-line attached to the player, and be able to watch the movie
more. You couldn't play a regular DVD on a DIVX player, I believe, and you
couydn't play a DIVX disc on your regular DVD player.

Sounds deeply fucked, right? A greedhead corporate solution to a
non-existent problem, no? It was, no one bought the damn things, and they
were quickly taken off the market. But it sounds like you've got a burn from
a DIVX disc -- i.e., it needs the COmpression/DECompression algorithm that
DIVX used to work. Question is: was the person who burned it for you able to
watch it, and in what kind of set-up? If he wasn't, you're probably out of
luck, though others here may have better info than I.

Ty


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"Not all of us chose to become ghosts or bastards." -- Vivian Darkbloom

> From: Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:37:16 -0700 (PDT)
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) OT: Computer geek question
> 
> at least from my perspective...
> 
> someone burned cds of a movie for me that must have
> come off the net.  they are in "MPEG format" and
> indicate they "require DIVX CODEC."  what the hell
> does this mean?  how do i play this?
> 
> thanks.
> 
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