On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 11:32:46PM +0100, pavithran wrote:
> *lack of video standards ( Yes MPEG is a ISO standard but mp3,divx thrive )
> etc etc etc

   MP3 and DivX *are* standardised:

   MP3 is MPEG-1 audio layer 3, a profile of the MPEG-1 standards[1].

   DivX is not a video format; it is a video codec. However, it
implements a profile of MPEG-4 part 2 [2].

   Hugo.

[1] ISO 11172-3
[2] ISO 14496-2

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