DivXNetworks licenses MPEG format to Fraunhofer
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Posted in Software, 6th February 2002 14:56 GMT
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Darmstadt, Germany-based Fraunhofer plays a key part in developing and driving compression standards, with varying degrees of success. Companies such as Microsoft Corp and RealNetworks Inc are trying to supplant the ubiquitous MP3 with their own formats but so far have had far more success in video streaming than MPEG-based compression methods.
"We are interested in utilizing a streaming server to create an infrastructure for group communication in a 3D environment, and DivX video technology will provide an important element of our research," said Frank Morbitzer, who leads the project for cooperative virtual environments at Fraunhofer IDG.
DivX is a compression method based on MPEG-4 that gained notoriety mainly due to its continuing use as the format of choice for video bootleggers.
DivXNetworks has, however, disassociated itself from the legal gray area of its roots, and has started signing up big name clients, such as Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co.
Separately yesterday, DivXNetworks announced a deal with Sigma Designs Inc, which makes media decoding cards for set-top boxes. Sigma will support DivX in its forthcoming X-Card Home Theater gadget, and the companies will jointly market the product.
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