There should have been another sentence in my post, sorry. Yes, xvid being divx backwards is a geeky joke.
2010/1/26 Paul Webster <p...@dabdig.com> > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:17:34 +0000, Brian wrote: > > <snip> > > >Aside from this XVID is DIVX backwards. This is because all the ITU-T > >standards are DECODING standards, not encoding ones. This is to allow > >commercial operators to create their own encoders, with the decoding being > >in the public domain. > > Re DivX and Xvid ... while it is true that the spelling is reversed ... my > recollection is that this is not because > decoding is the reverse of encoding. I thought it was a joke name because > of the open source community unhappiness with > DivX Inc (used to be DivXNetworks Inc) withdrawing source code from the > OpenDivX project that they started. > > Paul > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
