Roxio Demonstrates Support for New Interactive DivX Media Fo

[BJ_M]

New Technology Creates DivX Videos with Interactive Menus

CeBIT 2005, Hannover, Germany, March 11, 2005 – Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, will today demonstrate technology to be used in forthcoming products that feature the new DivX 6 media format. DivX 6 offers a combination of high-compression, high-quality, menus, multiple audio tracks, subtitles and other enhancements, and is designed to enable a true interactive experience for DivX users.
“With its high-quality and interactive experience, DivX 6 is a major step forward for DivX enthusiasts, and we are extremely pleased to be a major enabler of the technology,” says Stephen Mold, European director of sales and marketing at Roxio, the consumer division of Sonic Solutions. “Adding interactivity to DivX video technology will give users a more personal way to share and enjoy their videos, making the superb DivX standard ever-more popular with home video consumers.”

“Roxio is a leader in consumer DVD and CD burning, and by partnering with them we have taken an important step in bringing this new technology to our customers,” said Kevin Hell, chief operating officer for DivXNetworks. “Users will soon be able to create interactive DivX video and play it back on DivX-certified players for enjoyment in the living room.”

The interactive DivX 6 menu technology demonstration will take place daily during CeBIT on the Roxio stand - Hall 21 Booth 48A – viewing is by appointment only. Please contact Roxio personnel to arrange an appointment.

Roxio is a DivX-licensed software partner and supports existing DivX video functionality on its leading consumer products including Easy Media Creator™ 7 and VideoWave® 7 Professional. Roxio plans to feature the new DivX 6 technology in future versions of Roxio’s Easy Media Creator, Easy DVD Copy and MyDVD later this year.

[ViRaL1]

DivX 6?

[BJ_M]

yep

[ViRaL1]

Where can I find DivX 6?

[celtic_druid]

It isn't out yet, but you can find pre release codecs and tools at http://labs.divx.com/ plus I think there were already some posts here on DivX releases.

But basically it is just another hack/extension to the avi container.

[lumis]

looks like they're trying to make divx have a more dvd feel to it (menu's, subs, multiple sound tracks).. which actually isnt a bad idea.. high definition divx that fills up a dvdr (or dvdr DL) would be kind of nice.

[celtic_druid]

The official MPEG-4 container mp4 supports all of that and more though.

[Zisguy1]

Unfortunately, most standalones don't support the .mp4 container, while all DiVX certified players are supposed to support .divx (at least with a firmware update).

P.S. I really mean it when I say it's unfortunate... I'd personally much prefer a free/open standard than paying for "DivX 6 Pro" for encoding my vids. Watch them re-charge current customers for the upgrade, too...

[raffie]

Really wonder if existing divx players will be capable of playing all that even with a firmware upgrade. Hope so...

[celtic_druid]

Well that was the point of hacking avi rather than creating something new or using mp4, etc. As it is basically just an avi it still plays back fine, just minus the newer features. All current DivX certified players are supposed to already support the subtitles and I think multiple audio streams.

This year should also see a Matroska menu enabled VLC.