Andriod: By default, Android phones can only handle a small number of video types, and leaves your ripped and downloaded files in the dust. RockPlayerBase, on the other hand, nimbly plays DivX, AVI, XviD, MKV and other file types. More »
Windows/Mac/Linux: Free, open source application BananaSplit divides DivX or Xvid AVI videos into user-defined chunks. There are plenty of reasons you might want to split a video using this app, but the two most obvious that come to mind are to highlight a small section of a long video or to share a large video over the internet when you’re limited by filesize constraints. BananaSplit is free, cross-platform, requires Java. For a quick howto, head over to Simplehelp’s step-by-step tutorial for BananaSplit.
Video lovers can download DivX Pro, which includes the drag-and-drop DivX Converter and the high quality DivX Pro codec, free for a limited time (normally $20, Windows and Mac only). [via] More »
DivX has started showing off their prototype “Apple TV killer” – a low cost networked media player device with 720p output. The Ubergizmo blog got a look at the device and wrote it up:
“DivX made a technology choice that is completely opposite to Apple’s. The Apple TV is basically an entry-level computer without an OS. It has a CPU, a GPU, and a hard drive, these are generic components found in all recent computers. However, AppleTV still need to be connected to a bigger computer (to talk to iTunes).
By leveraging the fact that their device is connected to a computer, DivX shows that the same basic functionality can be built at a much cheaper price, because instead of using general-purpose hardware, it uses only stream-decoding hardware that is a lot cheaper to make.”
DivX is claiming the device could retail at $US99 within a year – that’s a third of the price of an Apple TV. Will be interesting to see if any hardware manufacturers decide to take a punt on it. Mind you – as Apple is no doubt finding in Australia with its Apple TV - without easy access to content, the media player itself is pretty redundant.
DivX’s Apple TV, but smarter [via PVRblog]
