The video codec, which was actually not MPEG-4 compliant, was extracted around 1998 by French hacker Jerome Rota (also known as Gej) at Montpellier.
It is pronounced DIV-ex.ĭivX -) (not DivX) 3.11 Alpha and later 3.xx versions refers to a hacked version of the Microsoft MPEG-4 Version 3 video codec (not to be mistaken with MPEG-4 Part 3) from Windows Media Tools 4 codecs. (Note that DivX -) and DivX are separate products and are created by different people the former is not an older version of the latter). The DivX company then adopted the name of the popular DivX -) codec (which was not created by them), dropped the smiley and released DivX 4.0, which was actually the first DivX version. The winking emoticon in the early "DivX -)" codec name was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the failed DIVX system. retailer Circuit City to develop a video rental system requiring special discs and players. The "DivX" brand is distinct from "DIVX" (Digital Video Express), an unrelated attempt by the now defunct U.S.
It is one of several codecs commonly associated with "ripping", whereby audio and video multimedia are transferred to a hard disk and transcoded.
There are two DivX codecs the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC DivX Plus HD codec. (formerly DivXNetworks, Inc.), including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality. DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc.
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