Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1451
arrow-up1451external-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 bankruptcyen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square97linkfedilink
minus-squarevvvvan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoAll this talk of DivX, but no mention of (the open source alternative) XviD? Maybe people confuse them. I think I had way more XviD videos at the time.
minus-squareMoobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI just now realized that XviD was DivX backwards. Back in the day, I never knew the difference between the two, I just saw DivX getting gradually replaced by XviD.
All this talk of DivX, but no mention of (the open source alternative) XviD? Maybe people confuse them. I think I had way more XviD videos at the time.
I just now realized that XviD was DivX backwards.
Back in the day, I never knew the difference between the two, I just saw DivX getting gradually replaced by XviD.