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[DrXym]

I hope they support both but frankly I can't see them doing it. Sony, the most notoriously controlling company when it comes to media formats (second only to Apple) now support the two formats used with piracy.
Sorry I don't buy it.

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but I will buy one if this is true and the Microsoft's fall/winter update doesn't add these formats

Sony hasn't been bad at all with the PSP and PS3. Both are surprisingly open considering what they could have done.

 

[pr0cs]

Sony hasn't been bad at all with the PSP and PS3. Both are surprisingly open considering what they could have done.

I just hope both companies try and outdo each other with the media formats and in the end the consumers get everything supported.
I really wish Sony would unlock the GPU for Linux, then we would get a real successor to XBMC and like Dr.Zoidberg I could retire my XBOX1.
Right now both systems are just too limited for media playback imo.

 

[BSTF]

Don't give me that 'piracy' bullshit. It's used because it's the most popular and most file efficient.

Do you say the same about mp3 support?

But the bonus of licensing divx 6 is that it will decode divx 3 files, regardless of their legality.

Uh no, neither Divx nor mp3 are the most file efficient. Divx and mp3 both became popular due to piracy.

 

[Big-E]

Wasn't there a banner of some sort at some trade show with the PS3 and DivX logo together? Pretty sure I saw it on GAF.

 

[TekunoRobby]

RMVB or bust !

Yes I know, it's a deviant preference. But still ;'(

what

I've only seen RMVB with chinese encodes of japanese porn movies.

what

This is awesome news. I'd love more support for containers if possible but divx/xvid covers a majority of it.

 

[DrXym]

Uh no, neither Divx nor mp3 are the most file efficient. Divx and mp3 both became popular due to piracy.

Both were the most efficient when they were released and appeared at the right time too. Piracy played a part, but timing was more important. MP3 appeared just as solid state players were becoming viable. DiVX (MPEG 4 part 2 ASP) because it allows acceptable quality in a file that takes up 1/4 the space of an equivalent MPEG-2 movie

Anyway these days H264 yields better quality than ASP and in time will take over as the ripping / piracy format of choice, especially for HD content. I don't see Sony dumping H264 any time soon, or MP3 for that matter. So the rationale for omitting ASP doesn't make much sense. They should include it for completeness.

 

[mollipen]

DivX and XviD, awesome! I encode pretty much all my work in those formats (and Quicktime, but I doubt we'll see that for a while...).

QuickTime isn't a codec, it's a container. ".mov" is the QuickTime container, and from what I know, the PS3 will handle it just fine so long as the contents are a supported codec (MPEG4, h.264).

What I mainly want from my PS3 is to play back my J-music PVs, and (sadly) most of that stuff is still of the Divx/Xvid variety. So, I hope playback support indeed comes (and isn't just locked to being inside Home).

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

For all this talk about penis and porn everytime something like this gets mentioned (camera, user generated stuff etc) I've yet to encounter it on either platform.

That sounds like a dare to me

 

[mrklaw]

I hope they support both but frankly I can't see them doing it. Sony, the most notoriously controlling company when it comes to media formats (second only to Apple) now support the two formats used with piracy.
Sorry I don't buy it.

Spoiler

but I will buy one if this is true and the Microsoft's fall/winter update doesn't add these formats

sony already make DVD players that play DivX. So it seems they are fine with it.

 

[genjiZERO]

So basically you can now import all your porn easier...lol

:lol :lol :lol :lol

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because it's true!

 

[Slavik81]

Why not? So far Sony has tried to be as open as possible supporting a bunch of stuff.

Any webcam, keyboard, mouse, headset, memory card, hard drive.
They don't force atrac or their own formats.
They could have made you buy some media streaming program, but instead adopted the DLNA standard for videos.

I'd say the chances are better than Microsoft and the Proprietary-360.

Sony's also the same company that refused to let their hardware guys make MP3 players because they were worried Sony BMG songs would be pirated.

I'm amazed that the PS3 is as open as it is.

 

[DrXym]

Sony's also the same company that refused to let their hardware guys make MP3 players because they were worried Sony BMG songs would be pirated.

I'm amazed that the PS3 is as open as it is.

Being a large company can be a blessing and a curse. Sony makes fantastic hardware but they've been cowed by their media groups into producing multiple crippled and proprietary devices. I wouldn't touch most Sony equipment with a 10ft bargepole. Amazingly the Playstation has survived much of this, probably due to Ken Kutaragi.

Anyway it seems the electronics side has been furnished with a clue after one disastrous product after another and they seem to be opening up. They really should have internal barriers to prevent idiot execs in Sony BMG interfering with products in the hardware side. The simple fact is that people pirate movies and music.

Hobbling Sony equipment just means they'll play their pirate movies & music on someone else's equipment meaning even more lost revenue. I think that fact is starting to sink in.

 

[Hunter D]

I thought movie companies were against this?

 

[DieH@rd]

sony needs to release CCCP for ps3

 

[pr0cs]

sony already make DVD players that play DivX. So it seems they are fine with it.

I hope so, I don't understand Microsoft or Sony's adversion to supporting DivX. Shit you can buy a $40 or so dollar player from walmart that plays the goddamn format, why doesn't a 300-400-500 console with CPU cycles to spare?

Perhaps a licensing issue?

I still think it's a piracy thing, both companies want to put on a good face for the media companies and by supporting DivX/Xvid maybe they feel like they're capitulating.

 

[Elhandro]

I just hope both companies try and outdo each other with the media formats and in the end the consumers get everything supported.
I really wish Sony would unlock the GPU for Linux, then we would get a real successor to XBMC and like Dr.Zoidberg I could retire my XBOX1.
Right now both systems are just too limited for media playback imo.

Dude, I love you...................

I pray every night for this. As much as I love my xbox1, the PS3 could be the sexy successor. If only My Universal remote would work with it. Long Sighhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[mollipen]

I hope so, I don't understand Microsoft or Sony's adversion to supporting DivX. Shit you can buy a $40 or so dollar player from walmart that plays the goddamn format, why doesn't a 300-400-500 console with CPU cycles to spare?

Well, you know... in Microsoft's case, it might be because they have their own video format that they want you to use instead.

 

[smurfx]

i wouldn't mind paying sony 20 bucks for divx and xvid support since that would make my ps3 a total media server.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

With recent comments and Sony's focus on getting costs down does any one reckon we'll ever see Home?

Its looking more and more like another broken promise to me, time will tell

Uh, they just launched a multi-gazillion dollar advertising campaign last week with Home featured in it.

Don't be stupid.

 

[Doubledex]

With recent comments and Sony's focus on getting costs down does any one reckon we'll ever see Home?

:lol :lol :lol :lol WHAT??

 

[Aeon712]

Now I really need a bigger hard drive, I'm gonna put all my One Piece eps on my PS3 if this is true.

 

[skybaby]

Thumbnails, as in something taken from the contents of the file implying that it can decode the stream?

Yes, that's what I meant. Such a tease
There will be a Media Center Extender update soon, called Extenders for Media Center, with Divx/Xvid support. But I don't know if that will relate in anyway to the 360.

 

[Goldrusher]

I thought movie companies were against this?

Pretty much every standalone DVD player support it. Even those made by Sony.

 

[spwolf]

Is that the beta that that Kaz has thrown back to the designers saying he wasn't happy with it?

you still feel bad about dual hdmi eh? sucks I know.

 

[RavenFox]

This thread proves that some know and many don't.

 

[pr0cs]

Yes, that's what I meant. Such a tease
There will be a Media Center Extender update soon, called Extenders for Media Center, with Divx/Xvid support. But I don't know if that will relate in anyway to the 360.

I suspect the 360 will get those codecs as well considering it is the best Extender you can buy really, at least the most horsepower.

 

[NoUseMercenary]

I suspect the 360 will get those codecs as well considering it is the best Extender you can buy really, at least the most horsepower.

Yeah, there is a new article out where an Analyst suspects DivX Support Coming to Xbox 360
http://seekingalpha.com/article/53570-divx-and-xbox-360-a-potential-win-win-for-everyone

 

[Killthee]

Dude, I love you...................

I pray every night for this. As much as I love my xbox1, the PS3 could be the sexy successor. If only My Universal remote would work with it. Long Sighhhhhhhhhhhh

Why don't you just get the Nyko ir receiver/remote and program your universal remote?

 

[Kaako]

Hurray for Divx Pr0n!
This is excellent news indeed. Thanks for the update NoUseMercenary.

 

[itxaka]

so instead of pushing new formats as UMD or BD they are gonna support now lower formats as divx and xvid?

Plus there is a license fee for divX and Xvid is GPL so they should release the source code, and I don´t see them as that.

But if it´s true, then it´s time for microsoft to step up and get the same support to their "media center"

 

[Psychotext]

Yeah, there is a new article out where an Analyst suspects DivX Support Coming to Xbox 360
http://seekingalpha.com/article/53570-divx-and-xbox-360-a-potential-win-win-for-everyone

lol @ comments on that article. World really is full of crazed fanboys. :lol