To clarify. XBox 360 can play back “MPEG-4 Part 2, Simple Profile, and Advanced Simple Profile” AKA DivX files but, as I said, isn’t officially “DivX Certified” by DivX themselves, unlike the PlayStation 3. This, of course, makes little difference in reality.

http://support.xbox.com/suppor.....esandmedia

“Q9: Do you support DivX?
A9: The Xbox 360 console supports files that were encoded by using MPEG-4 Part 2, Simple Profile, and Advanced Simple Profile. These files frequently are known as Xvid or DivX video files.”

As far as I know, the XBox 360 isn’t officially DivX certified. Even if it was, it’s down to Microsoft whether or not to add MKV support. Anybody’s guess.

Being capable (more or less in your case) of reading does not itself impute validity for any opinions/assessments/assertions/assumptions and the alarming speed with which you make “moronic” (your word) assertions about the author of this article proves that beyond doubt. The immediate retraction is of little value as the harm has been done. I suggest that in future you think before writing such cretinous comments on websites.

The article did not IMHO make the assertion that DivX (a rather decent format – again IMHO) was solely used for pirating, YOU decided to interpret it that way…….. Go off and eat some humble pie and learn a little about life before you make such arrogant and ignorant assessments of other people……

I should add that I have been victim or such moronic assessments all of my life as I have a stammer and I really feel that someone has to make a stand against this vapid and vaucous use of value judgements from people obviously ill-equipped to make such judgements… Oops! I seem to have made a lazy value judgement myself! :-)

Hope that you can see the value in my criticism and learn a lesson or two.. Have fun!

Thanks for retracting the moron statement. I was worried there for a minute ;-)

I actually think we mostly agree and are talking across each other a bit here. Of course ripping the media you own is perfectly alright, all I was arguing is that certain formats have won over others because, for whatever reason (perhaps because they were superior?), they become popular for pirated content. Then DivX (the company) helped push non-PC support for said formats (DVD players, PMPs etc.).

I too hate DRM, that’s why I sourced a non-DRM solution for my own movie – insearchofthevalley.com

There are 2 problems with your position. First, the file format has nothing to do with the source – blu-ray rips can go into any container. I’m willing to bet DivX is supporting the MKV container for the same reason that consumers are using it.

More critically, until Hollywod embraces DRM-free digital distribution (long shot, I know), any freely-playable video file will be “grey” content. So the claim that DivX is supporting a filesharing format is strictly weaker than the claim that they are supporting a popular format. I don’t think it is at all disingenuous to claim that people don’t just rip their media to share it. Ripping ought to be a perfectly legitimate use of purchased media – hard drives will always be better than plastic discs at file storage.

You got it right when you characterized H.264/MKV as “a popular way to deliver High Definition video on a PC.” Just because Hollywood didn’t get the memo doesn’t make the format any less legitimate.