+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted May 13, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 13, 2008 The availability of DivX video encoding technology will enable developers to take full advantage of DivX compression technology while maintaining the integrity of high quality video. PS3 is the first gaming system capable of playing back DivX video."We are excited to work with Sony Computer Entertainment to offer DivX video encoding to PS3 game developers," said Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, Inc. "PS3 users can already use their PS3s to watch their own DivX videos, and now they'll also be able to enjoy the quality of DivX in the games." Source: http://n4g.com/gaming/News-144889.aspx Full article: http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/S...20News/1545873/ I guess this is good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popisdead uk Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted May 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2008 The availability of DivX video encoding technology will enable developers to take full advantage of DivX compression technology while maintaining the integrity of high quality video. PS3 is the first gaming system capable of playing back DivX video. Umm..no it wasn't / isn't :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popisdead uk Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Umm..no it wasn't / isn't :/ I think he meant within games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATILA Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 DivX is old hat and sub standard these days, not won a codec battle for 5+ years. Not sure why a developer would want to use it over alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popisdead uk Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 DivX is old hat and sub standard these days, not won a codec battle for 5+ years. Not sure why a developer would want to use it over alternatives. In PC terms, yes. In the console world none of these codecs have been available to utilise within games until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Umm..no it wasn't / isn't :/ Who cares >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted May 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2008 Who cares >_> Anybody who wants to be taken seriously and listened to in the future ;) Bad journalism ftl (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATILA Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 In PC terms, yes. In the console world none of these codecs have been available to utilise within games until now. I'm not sure what you mean, games have included video in various forms since larger media and mpeg decoders have been around. Many have used MPEG2 & 4 etc, perhaps not specifically in DivX yet? But that comes back to asking what the advantage would be in doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Anybody who wants to be taken seriously and listened to in the future ;)Bad journalism ftl (N) I agree - but its a website not specializing in gaming so I wouldnt expect it that accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted May 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's not good news cause now they need some other things to fill the space of those BD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's not good news cause now they need some other things to fill the space of those BD. was thinking the same thing... no need to shrink the videos down at this point anyway.... plenty of room available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 was thinking the same thing... no need to shrink the videos down at this point anyway.... plenty of room available... yeah i was thinking the same, i mean youve got good reason to do on the 360 with the lack of space. why use it on the ps3 when you have up to 50gs to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted May 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 13, 2008 Faster load times presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaLooNz Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 No point using DivX if they already had H264/AVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popisdead uk Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Faster load times presumably. Thats one of the benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATILA Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Realmedia loads fast too, doesn't change the fact it looks like *ahem* ;) Similar codecs such as Xvid are out there and free, this really smacks of DivX trying to keep their format out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I think he meant within games. except that isn't true either (and that was licensed for PS2 and Xbox as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 yeah i was thinking the same, i mean youve got good reason to do on the 360 with the lack of space. why use it on the ps3 when you have up to 50gs to use? Bandwidth maybe. There isn't much bandwidth available for reading from disk. The less you use on video, the more you can use loading other crap. You could display a video while loading up the next level in the background. No point using DivX if they already had H264/AVC. That's what I'm thinking. No point if you already have something that's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danrarbc Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 That's what I'm thinking. No point if you already have something that's better. Its probably for the studios trying to rush games out, it compresses faster than avc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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