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ds22
26th December 2000, 02:08
the subject speaks for itself
check this out
http://www.globalmusic.com/cybermp4/

ds
Yantze
26th December 2000, 03:50
mp4 was a standard that came about about 3 or 4 years ago now. It used mp3 encoding, but had a player built into the files. This way you could deactivate the player, so a record company would let you download a song, have it play for say 10 days for the first time it was played and then have it not function. Basically, like wma, except the player was built in.
PhrostByte
26th December 2000, 17:30
Psytel, or Pystel, I forgot the companies name... but they made an AAC codec and they said it was the same as MP4 so you could encode MP4's, and play them with a Winamp plugin they provided.
Someonebutnotme
27th December 2000, 02:26
aren't vqf's basically mp4s?
superrcat
27th December 2000, 12:09
Isn't MPEG-4 the DivX codec?
Yantze
27th December 2000, 15:56
Nope. DivX is based on the video portion of mp4, not it isn't exactly the same. Actually, Microsoft uses mp4 in it's asf streamable format. You'll notice that DivX is WAY better than asf.
zachdms
29th December 2000, 23:31
Umm. ASF is a file format. "DivX ;-)" isn't anything: it's a pirate/warez collection of:
* hacked Microsoft MPEG4 codec
* hacked Microsoft audio codec
* stolen FhG MP3 codec
and that's it. The new Windows Media Video 7 and Windows Media Video 8 (especially) codecs are both better than the "DivX ;-)" codecs, since the DivX codecs are just older hacked MS codecs anyways.
piesupreme
12th March 2001, 02:28
i feel like bringing back the 2nd-to-oldest post on this forum. woohoo!

DIVx is crap anyhow.
bonj
12th March 2001, 02:38
You think DivX ;-) is crap? Please explain why
Matt
12th March 2001, 15:25
This is no where near the oldest thread in the forum. Change the display to view all threads.

Anyway, when encoded properly Divx looks great. You also need good hardware to play it back at a good rate.

It is far superior to asf.
piesupreme
12th March 2001, 17:11
Originally posted by Matt
This is no where near the oldest thread in the forum. Change the display to view all threads.

er, yes it is. what, do you think i don't know how to change the amount of posts viewed? it's the oldest post for me, so bugger off.
bonj
12th March 2001, 17:14
Originally posted by Matt
This is no where near the oldest thread in the forum. Change the display to view all threads.

Anyway, when encoded properly Divx looks great. You also need good hardware to play it back at a good rate.

It is far superior to asf.

Yes, yes, and yes :) Thanks Matt :p I knew I wasn't crazy
Matt
12th March 2001, 21:26
Yes, I've been watching some downloaded Divx movies recently. The graphics card has a tv out and watching it on the tv does look good actually.

Now what has happened to the threads? Looks like loads have been moved. The oldest one was back in March 2000. Now the oldest I can find is this - http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=37415 which is my thread :)

Piesupreme you are correct :), someone has been fiddling with the forums.
s1138
12th March 2001, 21:55
the oldest thread in the forum is by Ian Rogers. it basically said "welcome to the new forums"
Matt
12th March 2001, 22:01
Where? They've all gone, unless it's just me
s1138
12th March 2001, 22:07
yeah i know, i just looked for it. i cant find it though