JamieG Analysis

Recently DivX purchased MainConcept. This is a very interesting move but really a very cleaver one. And here is my opinion why. MainConcept is a leading developer in video encoding and decoding software. For example Adobe (New Flash Player) plus many other main stream companies use it. They have a well respected H.264 encoder/decoding. H.264 [...]

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DivX has just purchased MainConcept.  (See announcement) Let me type that again. DivX, the Codec company of choice for Pirated media, has just purchased the leading Codec company for H.264, the slated Codec of choice for media for the coming future. Now that does this all mean?  Well straight of the bat, this is likely [...]

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There has been some interesting new developments in the fight for the living room. Microsoft slowly moves forward with the announcement of licensed generic Media Extenders. Sony announced a TV tuner add on for the PS3. Apple has its hands full with keeping premium content on iTunes. So what are we likely to see next? [...]

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Video has become the future of the internet. Between 40-90% of all traffic has been reported to be P2P sharing, with the bulk of that Video. And if its not P2P traffic, its most likely from YouTube or any of the hundreds of copies. Obviously there is a great need to bring this unabated use [...]

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On August 21, 2007, Adobe announced that the Flash player will support H.264. As mp3 has been for Audio, h.264 can now be considered for Video. H.264 is used in, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray-DVD, iTunes-Video, AppleTV, many iPod type products. And now it will officially be supported as the codec of choice for Adobe-Flash, the most used [...]

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