Sirber
1st May 2003, 15:54
DivX 6.0: First details
Hanover (mg) - Jordan Greenhall, joint founder and CEO von DivXNetworks betrayed 6,0 on the CeBIT first background information to DivX. The next version of the popular video codec should be available at the earliest in the year 2004. The efficiency of the coding of videos is to double itself at least compared with DivX 5,0.
Not compatibly to H.264
Momentarily DivX 6,0 is planned as proprietaerer standard, which does not lean against the MPEG4-Nachfolger H.264. DivXNetworks does not see Baseline"coding a large qualitative jump for H.264 compared with MPEG4 in things".
According to data of Jordan Greenhall is the most important reason, which speaks against H.264, the expensive conversion of the software codec to a hardware chip set. Only if these serious lack are solved, DivX the H.264-Standard could approximate.
DivXLabs: Free developer platform
For the further development of DivX DivXNetworks plans the establishment of DivXLabs. Similarly the project open DivX DivXLabs under control of DivXNetworks is to bundle free groups of developers and develop DivX further.
DivX devices
Within the range of the hardware Player DivXNetworks sees its largest wachstumschancen, particularly in Europe, where DivX is most popular. DivXNetworks locked therefore with chip sentence manufacturers such as Philips, Texas Instruments and Sigma Design contracts for the production from signal processors to DivX 5.
Beside the DivX DVD equipment of the Danish manufacturer KiSS with it already soon further models are to be equipped also of other manufacturer. DivX-6-Geraete are to be sold starting from 2005.
Hanover (mg) - Jordan Greenhall, joint founder and CEO von DivXNetworks betrayed 6,0 on the CeBIT first background information to DivX. The next version of the popular video codec should be available at the earliest in the year 2004. The efficiency of the coding of videos is to double itself at least compared with DivX 5,0.
Not compatibly to H.264
Momentarily DivX 6,0 is planned as proprietaerer standard, which does not lean against the MPEG4-Nachfolger H.264. DivXNetworks does not see Baseline"coding a large qualitative jump for H.264 compared with MPEG4 in things".
According to data of Jordan Greenhall is the most important reason, which speaks against H.264, the expensive conversion of the software codec to a hardware chip set. Only if these serious lack are solved, DivX the H.264-Standard could approximate.
DivXLabs: Free developer platform
For the further development of DivX DivXNetworks plans the establishment of DivXLabs. Similarly the project open DivX DivXLabs under control of DivXNetworks is to bundle free groups of developers and develop DivX further.
DivX devices
Within the range of the hardware Player DivXNetworks sees its largest wachstumschancen, particularly in Europe, where DivX is most popular. DivXNetworks locked therefore with chip sentence manufacturers such as Philips, Texas Instruments and Sigma Design contracts for the production from signal processors to DivX 5.
Beside the DivX DVD equipment of the Danish manufacturer KiSS with it already soon further models are to be equipped also of other manufacturer. DivX-6-Geraete are to be sold starting from 2005.