+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2008 Sony Pictures Television announced today that online retailers will soon be able to offer Sony content for download in DivX format. The news came as part of a partnership with DivX, Inc. that will also let those files be playable on DivX Certified devices. "We are dedicated to finding legitimate outlets for our content and to that end are excited to be working with DivX to provide retailers with an expanded ecosystem for the digital distribution and playback of our digital media," said Sony Pictures executive VP of Digital Distribution & Mobile Entertainment, Michael Arrieta.A spokesperson for DivX, Kristina Weise, told Ars that this would offer consumers high-quality Hollywood content in DivX for the first time ever, and that the deal would cover "all titles in the Sony Pictures Television library." She also said that all titles would be download-to-own, but that there will be some type of unspecified DRM. Tracking down those DivX Sony movies might be a challenge, though. "We have no announcements with retailers at this time," she told us. The news comes just a few weeks after Sony added official DivX support to its PlayStation 3, which had been announced in November. Microsoft beat Sony to the punch, however, with its fall update to the Xbox 360 that included support for DivX. At the very least, owners of next-gen consoles (save the Wii, of course) will be able to watch Sony's movies whenever they become available. When will that be? Wise said that the movies will be available in DivX format on the same day as the DVD release of each title. Assuming there will be retailers to sell it, that is. The move is definitely good news for the DivX camp, which hails the deal as the first with a major content distributor. Fans of shows from Sony?which include such hits as Jeopardy!, Dawson's Creek, and Seinfeld?can rejoice, because they'll finally have a legal way to download their favorite shows. Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080...ivx-format.html Divx can do 720/1080p right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted January 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2008 Isn't h264 more superior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Isn't h264 more superior? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2008 Isn't h264 more superior? If it's going to be TV shows though, hardly any, if any have been released in hi-def format yet. Divx would be the only option, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 there are the mp4 formats that the ps3 already supports. divx can do HD, but IMO not as good as mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keito Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 there are the mp4 formats that the ps3 already supports.divx can do HD, but IMO not as good as mp4 mp4 doesn't do HD :p that's like saying avi does - neither formats are a codec.I don't know whether I like this :\ h264 just seems to be way and way better in terms of quality/size ratio. Indeed DLC in DivX format would only make sense if it's not available in HD, which should be in h264 imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 wish they would add mkv container support bit of an arse ache remuxing the mkv file to vob so i can stream HD content to the ps3 from the pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted January 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2008 wish they would add mkv container support bit of an arse ache remuxing the mkv file to vob so i can stream HD content to the ps3 from the pc I definitely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2008 wish they would add mkv container support bit of an arse ache remuxing the mkv file to vob so i can stream HD content to the ps3 from the pc Supporting mkv would just be shaking hands with the pirates, as lets face it, what if anything is mkv used legally for? The same was said about .avi, but over the last few years it has seen more "legal" uses. Remuxing your HD content is painless, and looking over the sketchy 1080p compatibility, it works just fine (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted January 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wasn't Dawsons creek owned by Warner Brothers? or did they just license it from sony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Supporting mkv would just be shaking hands with the pirates, as lets face it, what if anything is mkv used legally for? The same was said about .avi, but over the last few years it has seen more "legal" uses. Remuxing your HD content is painless, and looking over the sketchy 1080p compatibility, it works just fine (Y) same could have been said regarding them adding Divx supprt , since they did that you can watch almost ANY Xvid film as well as any divx film , MKv is Only a container it isnt even a codec ;) most HD MKV files contain H264 and VC1 codecs that the ps3 supprt anyway , all they will be doing is just supporting the container , and MKv is getting very popular not just with pirates :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2008 same could have been said regarding them adding Divx supprt , since they did that you can watch almost ANY Xvid film as well as any divx film , MKv is Only a container it isnt even a codec ;) most HD MKV files contain H264 and VC1 codecs that the ps3 supprt anyway , all they will be doing is just supporting the container , and MKv is getting very popular not just with pirates :) Yes but right now its almost used exclusively by pirates. Maybe in 5 years or so you'll see mkv support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have never seen an MKV file before :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have never seen an MKV file before :blink: :laugh: Go search for any 720/1080p rip of a Blu Ray/HD-DVD movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Supporting mkv would just be shaking hands with the pirates, as lets face it, what if anything is mkv used legally for? The same was said about .avi, but over the last few years it has seen more "legal" uses. Remuxing your HD content is painless, and looking over the sketchy 1080p compatibility, it works just fine (Y) Ill bet you divx/xvid still has more illegal uses than mkv - think japanese anime ;) They usually come in mkv format.. They must add mkv support! - and a status bar updater in the friends list like: "Huleboeren is watching FILENAME/movie" ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keito Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Ill bet you divx/xvid still has more illegal uses than mkv - think japanese anime ;)They usually come in mkv format.. They must add mkv support! - and a status bar updater in the friends list like: "Huleboeren is watching FILENAME/movie" ^^ Before they do that they need to add subtitle support in all various formats, SSA, SRT, TXT etc. or else your mkv in combination with anime would still be useless :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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