[ExtractStream] Re: Tivo capability in a PC

[Super Things]

Actually,

The upcoming full release of Quicktime 6 for PC and Mac will have at its 
core Mpeg4. This will be the new cross platform standard. So Divx being 
based on Mpeg 4, may actully become the aacepted standard for video 
beyond Mpeg 1 and 2.

Jerry
>--- Super Things <fontpro@u...> wrote:
>> I agree,
>> 
>> I think in the near future tivo and other PVRs, will be only on the
>> low 
>> end market. Any serious Video person will us a PC. Why not save
>> your 
>> video natively in SVCD format or DVD format. On a PC why not use a
>> Divx 
>> codec. Just have an option "Save to CD..."
>
>I doubt you'd see the PC hardware be able to support this for quite
>some time (at least 2-3 years...) Software DivX playback requires
>around a 900Mhz Celeron or so, doesn't it? Anyway, my Dual Athlon
>1600+ cannot encode SVCD (at any decent quality) at a 1:1 speed... so
>until it's a "toaster" like the TiVo is now, I doubt you'd see anyone
>but hardcore geeks (not audio/videophiles) get into it in the near
>future...
>
>Most of my non-geek friends ask me now "why don't you just use the
>VCR? It's easier..."
>
>> Not to mention the ease of adding harddrives. You will be able soon
>> to 
>> have 1000g drives. Who besides video users would need a drive that
>> large. 
>
>Anyone running Microsoft XP 2003 Version 2 Home Professional
>Junior... ;-)
>
>Happy incr(Year),
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
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