DivX officially confirmed for PS3

  • Posted November 13th, 2007 at 12:04 EDT by Mike Harradence
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DivX has officially announced that it will be incorporating its technology into Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, allowing users to experience AVI format videos as opposed to converting files into PS3-recognised coding, such as MPEG 3.

Kevin Hell, CEO of DivX, commented, "Our technology will expand the multimedia functionality of PS3 by enabling users to enjoy access to the broad library of content in the DivX digital media format.”

"DivX is currently working to certify PS3 and deliver a superior digital media technology to consumers in the near future. Current PS3 end users will be able to add DivX functionality to their systems via a separate system software update at a forthcoming date.”

The introduction of DivX on Sony’s next-generation console will also afford developers the chance to incorporate the format into their software.

Source: CVG

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  1. Loan | Loan

    • 12:09pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    win win win win win win win

  2. chelseapaul | ChelseaPaul

    • 12:10pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    BEST news in Agessss!

  3. THE_NEXUS | nexus321

    • 12:12pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    yes thank u!!!!!! now i can play my movies on my ps3 woooohoooo im incredibly happy.thts another thing tht xbox cant do!!!hallo pirated movies !!!!!!!

  4. Oddface | Oddface

    • 12:14pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Sweet!

  5. SolsticeZero | SolsticeZero

    • 12:20pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    I personally can't stand divx. I encode all of my movies in h.264, since it is a much better codec.

  6. THE_NEXUS | nexus321

    • 12:22pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    now i'll be able to show my friends in  Home my movies.And God knows i have alotta of them jesus christ i have over 400 gigs of divx movies not to mention tv shows 24 alias lost charmed smallville xena hercules prison break 3rd rock from the sun it never ends lol so when home hits make sure to met me.I have a h-ll of alot media.psn id: nexus321

  7. Ferre

    • 12:27pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    nice!

  8. Promethius30 | Tealcsg1

    • 12:29pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    amazing news !!!!!!!!

  9. Senan | Senan

    • 12:32pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    it just keeps getting better doesnt it. :D

  10. JD-82 | JD-82

    • 12:32pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Funky...looks liek theres gonna be some movie screeings going on in home pretty soon...logical step all things considered but a wlecome addition to the playstation 3 nonetheless

  11. killercop | killercop

    • 12:37pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Very nice Sony, very nice!

  12. Gero | Gregero

    • 12:48pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    I can very well agree that this IS the best news in some time.

  13. naruto007

    • 12:52pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    holly molly!!!! now i can watch all my freaking anime!!! am gonna grab a ps3 next year  yeah

  14. tadpole3159 | faulkner8991

    • 12:56pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    oh my god thats wicked!

  15. Yuk-Yuk | Yuk-Yuk

    • 1:18pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    We finally get DivX yay!!!

  16. nuffmon | Nuffmon

    • 1:44pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Brilliant news.  Made my year.

  17. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 1:48pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Nice move Sony, that was well played. XD

  18. Staticneuron | Staticneuron

    • 1:55pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Genious?...... yes, yes it is.

  19. The Master

    • 2:03pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    I have to agree, best news in quite a long time.

  20. STALKER25 | STALKER25

    • 2:06pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Exelent... 

  21. gingo | gingo

    • 2:40pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    psn id: gingo... i dont tihnk there has been a better bit of news for ps3 in the last 4-5 months this is out of this world awesome

  22. SlimDan22 | SlimDan22

    • 2:50pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    really awsome

    is xvid compatable with divx

    or is it a completly different codec

     

  23. Xelios | Xelios

    • 3:17pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Whoa. Is his last name what I think it is? That is the most freaking awesome last name ever!

    Anyway, its good the PS3 formats are expanding. It just makes it that much of a better entertainment hub.

  24. GR333DY | THILEB

    • 3:26pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    sweeeeeet, have always loved DivX

  25. Origin | Lanemp8

    • 3:27pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Oh yeah, that's what i'm talking about. . That's what i need.

  26. RicanJoe

    • 3:59pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    @TH_NEXUS

     

    What the fcuk is wrong with you? (dont give it away you fool!)

  27. Jared

    • 4:05pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Good news for PS3 owners.  Does anyone else find "HeII" (just replace one lowercase "L" with a capital "i") to be a funny surname? :D

  28. Simi | Simi

    • 4:21pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Friggin Yes!

  29. Zillion2210

    • 4:24pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    at laaaaast!!!!!

  30. THE_NEXUS | nexus321

    • 4:45pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    this is for ricon joe they KNOW HOW Pirated Movies work U DUMB FCUK!!!!!
    like 800 million people do it and they r just trying to get some of tht action their way

  31. droopysp

    • 5:54pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    pure greatness, no more converting, avi here i come

  32. tegesh

    • 5:58pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    the best news everrrrrrrr

  33. Link64 | Link64

    • 6:37pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    360 also going to have this as well i had read on some website, but if sony going to put this in the ps3 they better do it fast.

  34. ColinMcP | KSPRAYDAD

    • 7:00pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    Why is the source for this CVG when this was posted in PSU's own forums 9 hours before this blog entry went up?

    http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=109288

    A little props to your own membership might be nice.

     

  35. davin_g

    • 7:14pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    i found this a little suprising since sony has a studio to look after and most people use these codecs for pirated movies. hmm. seems counter productive. but i welcome it because i do have legit uses for it unlike some people around here. i agree great deal for us but just seems to be against sony's normal practices. oh well...it isn't like people can't just convert it to dvd format in a matter of less then an hour and watch it anyways but still not what i would have expected from sony.

  36. mlgacc

    • 7:38pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    who the heck gave a thumbs down ... always gotta be 1 in the bunch what a loser

  37. Lp47PS3 | Lp47

    • 7:43pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    beautiful.... just beautiful news.

  38. Alpha2

    • 7:55pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    finally!!!

  39. tom ass

    • 8:03pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    this is awesome. i think i hear mininova calling ^_^ j/k

  40. Michael2k5 | Nemphiz

    • 8:05pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    yeeeeesssss!!!

  41. The1Weapon

    • 10:17pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    About time

  42. Lithgow

    • 11:03pm GMT - November 13th, 2007

    H3ll yes !!!! My brother is an Xbot, and he is getting a PS3 soon. He's jealous as fck because all our pirated stuff is in Divx/Xvid. Let's hope they don't screw this up!!! We need Xvid support too!!!

  43. cOwpander | Sobe_Elixir

    • 12:49am GMT - November 14th, 2007

    About freaking time!!!

  44. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 3:31am GMT - November 14th, 2007

    You guys use Dvix alot don't you?I really wasn't expecting THIS kind of reaction.BTW will this play Xvid files as well?

  45. Kane | walle

    • 7:19am GMT - November 14th, 2007

    Yeah, i can't wait to put some .AVI south park episodes on my ps3. Maybe it'll be a good time to upgrade your harddrive, now that you can fill up the space with something else than game saves.

  46. motzo

    • 7:52am GMT - November 14th, 2007

    is this jsut a way to pirate movies geez i didnt even know what it was becuase i dont say hey look eveyr one else is doing it that must make it alright poeple like you make me sick. people make these mvoies for you so why cant you get off your lazy asses and work for them instead of screwing them over

  47. stennex | stennex

    • 10:01am GMT - November 14th, 2007

    FINALLY! NOW I CAN WATCH MY MOVIES USING Hmm. THE PS3 IS JUST AMAZING.

  48. nastanley

    • 1:33pm GMT - November 15th, 2007

    nice move sony.

  49. Lithgow

    • 11:48pm GMT - November 28th, 2007

    After research, all Divx decoders can 100% decode Xvid files.

    We have full Divx/Xvid support soon guys! Cheers!

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