Latest Codex - It's Getting Harder to Watch Movies by Scott Morris
After a long, exhausting day you came home, had your dinner and then sat in front of the TV looking for a nice relaxing movie. Nothing! Then suddenly you remembered that you bought the CD of the new, Oscar-winning movie “Million Dollar Baby”. You took out your laptop, inserted the first CD and... They were not broken; they were just coded in a “foreign” language to your media player. ... DIVX - A series of sound and display codex which come with shareware DIVX player. ... MPEG4 - It is the default codec which is already included in WMP.

What are MP4 Files - and What Do They Do? by David Bain
MP4 is short for ‘MPEG-4’. The official file extension for MPEG-4 is .mp4 – hence the shortened name MP4. MPEG-4 technology has been developed to provide DVD quality audio and pictures in an extremely small file size – ideal for playing on portable MP4 players such as the iPod Video. ... The word codec means Compression/Decompression algorithm) The codec helps the Windows Media Player program handle moving pictures sent over the web. ... You have to download the latest MP4 Codec to your own digital media player to ensure MP4 file playback compatibility.

DivX and Movie Downloading -- What, How, and Why? by Sergio D'Alesio
Most films that are downloaded at present,are in the DivX Format,and by using this method of compression/decompression, a Movie can typically be compressed to about one tenth of its original size and downloaded without noticeable loss of quality to a users PC. ... When a DivX encoded Movie is played out from its storage media (DVD/CD/Hard Drive),it is decompressed by the DivX software and relayed on to a DivX compatible Media Player such as Windows Media Player for Viewing. ... In practise DivX is used in the form of codec software,(a codec is a compressor/decompressor).

MP4 Videos - What Is MPEG 4 by Johnny Smithings
The main websites that you’ll find use the MPEG-4 are sites that have trailers of upcoming movies and sometimes long trailers which are rarely found. MPEG-4 is used on many devices such as iPods and Satellite Television which many of us still use today and tomorrow. ... Media player classic can be related to Windows Media Player as it uses the old style interface but beneath the makeup, it’s a completely new application as it can be an alternative to Microsoft’s Default Player. ... The DivX Codec can be quite easily related to the MPEG-4 format as Windows Media Player cannot play MPEG-4...

Blu-ray: A Primer by Kenny Hemphill
Blu-ray is an optical disc format which is set to rival HD-DVDin the race to be the de-facto standard storage medium for HDTV. The HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle resembles that between Betamax and VHS and DVD+RW and DVD-RW. Currently, the major Hollywood film studios are split evenly in their... Codecs supported by Blu-ray include the H.264 MPEG-4 codec which will form part of Apple’s QuickTime 7, and the Windows Media 9 based VC-1. ... The BDA says that although blue laser discs and players are already shipping in Japan, they won’t ship in the US until the end of 2005 at the very earliest.

How Do MP3 Players Work? Digital Audio Technology Revolutionizes Music Enjoyment by W R Kirk
Millions have enjoyed recorded music since 1877 when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Then came radio, records, tapes and CD's. But today's digital audio players are a quantum leap forward in music technology. To understand what makes these music players so revolutionary, let's explore the... How We Do MP3 (Player Types, Functions & Features) Even with a seemingly never-ending stream of new products, there are basically three types of audio devices that work well for audio CD duplication in a portable personal player.

VideoLan Tutorial by Miles Evans
As far as marketing goes I guess this article may one day bring me some hate for teaching some dumbass to build online infomercials, but I assure you my motives are far less industrious. If you live outside North America, like me, you might think watching your favorite TV provider back home was... Insert YOUR LOCAL IP ADDRESS and DESIRED port (for folks using NAT thats 192.X.X.X that you forwarded on your router earlier) - Click on Video Codec and select your Video Codec format (I use WMV since I am using WMP), then select a good bit rate like 192 or 128, then select the size of the...

New Features of Macromedia Flash MX by Maricon Williams
In the times of yore, videos all over the web are quite disappointing. It is like delivering a mediocre performance to annoyed expectators. But then, a transition from the passé made a dramatic exposure. The release of Macromedia’s Flash MX marked a leap in the development of rich content... Video format supported by QuickTime or Windows Media Player together with MPEG, DV (Digital Video), MOV (Quick Time), and AVI can be imported. ... The increasing demand for rich media will give way to the development of video codec algorithms which includes compression and decompression.

MPEG Encoder for Burning DVDs by Mansi Aggarwal
MPEG, or Moving Picture Experts Group, is a jointly working group comprised of the International Standards Organization and International Electro-Technical Commission (ISO/IEC) to standardize the coding of moving pictures and the associated audio in a digital compressed format. ... MP3 encoding has quickly become the standard for digitizing music around the world, and listening to it on your computer, laptop or personal MP3 Player. ... MPEG-3 is one of the discontinued encoding processes for digital media, and is often confused for MPEG-1 (what we know as MP3).

All About DVD Part 3: Blue-Ray and HD-DVD by Artem Chlegov
New storage formats: DVD-HD and Blue-Ray On the first glance, DVDs have just finished becoming common and are the best option available. But developers do not agree, trying to invent new needs for poor users. This time HDTV (High Definition Television) is considered to be the new technology... Along with MPEG-2, compression technologies such as MPEG-4 and Video Codec 1 (VC1, format based on Windows Media 9) will be used. ... BD+ technology is designed to check whether or not Blue Ray player was hacked, and in case if it is true, it will download new firmware from Internet in order...