Comments on: DivX To Support The MKV Video Format

By: .MKV on DVD player

.MKV on DVD player — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:37:15 +0000

I just got a Phillips DVD 1080p upconversion with Divx Ultra playback on disk or through the USB port with a flash drive…. now this MKV format does not work on it… so I really hope A. they offer firmware upgrades for my DVD/Divx Player

B. the implementation of Divx into the MKV format alows me to play them on my Brand New Divx Player

C. if none of the above are possible then I see no reason to bother with .mkv… nice i can watch in HD on my computer or shovel out 300$ for some Blueray player that will support it, NO THANKS…

DIVX as it is with upconversion on my HD tv looks very good and i could care less about a slight improvement in quality…because as i have seen Blue ray is not all it is written up to be and MKV is not going to be any better than blue ray..so the shortcomings of HD video compared to DVD quality Video are not worth the money or upgrades… Unless of course you dont need to worry about Money or time…and very few of us fall into that category.

By: ark

ark — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:02:43 +0000

plz tell me some name of dvd player whch can play .mkv?

By: Apo(convert mkv)

Apo(convert mkv) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:28 +0000

I like using MKV Converter. It is a powerful MKV video conversion software which could convert MKV files to all popular formats such as convert MKV to AVI, convert MKV to DVD, convert MKV to Divx, convert MKV to WMV and so on.

By: ADO Wolf

ADO Wolf — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:32:20 +0000

MKV Video Converter category lists the fast, easy to use MKV(Matroska Video) converting software that help you convert MKV to avi, MKV to iPod, MKV to DVD files with excellent images and sound quality.

By: ragavan

ragavan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:49:59 +0000

Hi Davis,

As I know, this not an updated news. MKV streaming player already exist in the market at beginning of year 2008. �DivX� existing product 6400 already support MKV. There are still lot products in the market that support MKV format like �i-start� or �Popcorn Hour�. Some of the products cost about half prices of �DivX� player. You can search the products news from Youtube�s videos, Google�s search and etc.

By: Kman

Kman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:33:39 +0000

@Jack…

No…Xbox is not DivX certified.

By: Ojai5

Ojai5 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:41:02 +0000

- Matroska container (MKV) is under an LGPL license so it’s completely free even for a comercial use.
- There are no (significant) speed difference when playing a mkv and a avi file provided they cotnain the same video and audio streams.

By: TV Guy

TV Guy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:27:26 +0000

A while back, people from academia and the consumer electronic industry, sat together and developed STANDARDS, like JPEG and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. The goal was interoperability.

Then the madness started. Divx took an open standard (MPEG-4, part 2) added some pre- and post-processing and the endless war format started. First Divx, then xvid, and multiple variations.

Nobody mentions that while Divx is free for PC users, CE manufacturers do need to license logo and playback capabilities from Divx. These royalties are on top of DVD, MPEG LA, etc. This may be good for Divx, but bad for the consumer, since it increases the cost of finish goods and increases confusion.

Now we have MKV, yet another boutique container, which seems is not going to be free for long.

I am not a big Apple fan, but I admire Apple for one thing – they stick to standards: AAC and H.264 using STANDARD containers like MP4.

Yes, as long there are graduate students, there will be new codecs, but they create far more confusion than they can help.