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Roxio owner Sonic has sucked up DivX in a $323m deal it claims will streamline "over the top" movie distribution. DivX is best known for its codec technology, which enables decent quality video transmission, and has cropped up in a range of devices from handsets to TVs. It is notorious for a long-running dispute with Universal …

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  1. Eddie Johnson
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    Remind Me

    What was the name of that once good CD burning product that turned into Roxio and became a steaming turd? Will that be the future of Divx?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    DivX?

    Oh yeah, I remember that, torrents of pirated hollywood movies and porn used it. Happy days.

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  3. Chris Fleming
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    @Eddie

    Sonic MyDVD and I still use it. Simple and works like a charm. Roxio uhh!

    DivX. Stoopid me puchased that encoder package. Takes over 3 hours to encode 45 mins of video using a 3.4 Ghz HT machine. Cannot read all formats it is supposed too (and DVDs). The DivX "crowd" were of no help. Now I just .iso for free! 15 minutes tops.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    @Eddie

    Adaptec Easy CD Creator.

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