Comments on: Coming Soon To A Store Near You http://davisfreeberg.com/2009/11/18/now-come-to-a-store-near-you/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:47:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Davis http://davisfreeberg.com/2009/11/18/now-come-to-a-store-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-214987 Davis Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:16 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/?p=1689#comment-214987 That's a fair point, but not such a big problem to overcome. The DivX codec itself is small enough that they could easily bundle it with the movie. That way if someone didn't have it, they could install it without even downloading it. That’s a fair point, but not such a big problem to overcome. The DivX codec itself is small enough that they could easily bundle it with the movie. That way if someone didn’t have it, they could install it without even downloading it.

]]> By: Fanfoot http://davisfreeberg.com/2009/11/18/now-come-to-a-store-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-214985 Fanfoot Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:21:03 +0000 http://davisfreeberg.com/?p=1689#comment-214985 I like DivX myself, works well, codec is easily installed though lately it comes with a bunch of other crap. Supported by various portable DVD players, etc. However, unless support for it is installed with the OS, vast swaths of computer users won't know what the hell to do with it. My father for example couldn't figure out how to get a DivX file I'd sent him to play on his PC. Had to walk him through it. Which I suspect is true of a lot of computer users, probably most. With Windows 7 we've finally got support for h.264 built in to the OS. If Apple does the same that becomes a viable solution if there's a common wrapper both support... I like DivX myself, works well, codec is easily installed though lately it comes with a bunch of other crap. Supported by various portable DVD players, etc.

However, unless support for it is installed with the OS, vast swaths of computer users won’t know what the hell to do with it. My father for example couldn’t figure out how to get a DivX file I’d sent him to play on his PC. Had to walk him through it. Which I suspect is true of a lot of computer users, probably most.

With Windows 7 we’ve finally got support for h.264 built in to the OS. If Apple does the same that becomes a viable solution if there’s a common wrapper both support…

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