If you’re wondering where the DivX support for PS3 announced a while back is, you’re not alone. Gizmodo met with the DivX team yesterday to discuss future plans, and those for the PlayStation 3 were brought into the conversation.
“According to the company, they expect the previously announced firmware update to hit the PS3 soon, which will enable full DivX support for the console. Though no specific time frame was given for this upgrade, their particular emphasis on saying it was coming soon leads us to believe it’s ‘coming in a week or two’ soon, as opposed to ‘four months down the road’ soon.”
While there’s still no exact date, at least it looks like it will be sooner rather than later.
[Gizmodo]
Does that also mean a Divx webplayer works? on stage6 divx site?
Comment by anon — Dec 14, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
Sure. I’ll add that to the list of things to wait for along with Haze, Metal Gear, Little Big Planet, and Home.
Comment by Justin Bailey — Dec 14, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
*crosses fingers towes and nose hairs*
Comment by JohnSketch — Dec 14, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
Sony announced already a firmware update for christmas, with the Blu-Ray profile 1.1. So i guess divx will be included in this update.
Comment by Jenny — Dec 14, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
Ignore my crap spelling! - been a looong day!
Comment by JohnSketch — Dec 14, 2007 @ 7:13 pm
I will belive it when I see it, my soources tell me it chirstmas 2008 that its coming out.
Comment by Carl — Dec 14, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
this is what i got in an email from the divx guys:-
” We have indeed made a deal with Sony to add DivX video playback to their popular PS3 gaming console.
And that’s all you get for now. While I wish I could answer the most obvious question and tell you exactly when the DivX-laden updates will be released, I can’t. Sorry. I know it’s a little out of character for gamers, but try to be patient. I mean, you could always go play a game while you wait. I hear Mrs. Pac Man is fun … the boards change! Imagine that.”
make of that what you will
Comment by mobiletone — Dec 14, 2007 @ 8:53 pm
full DivX support!
SD and HD!
Everyday I start the PS3 hopping for a new fw update!
cheers
Comment by Fera — Dec 15, 2007 @ 12:21 am
nice move.
even tho it might have negated effects on your movie dep in the bigger picture this could spell good things.
and what else could you do when microsoft just released divx support of their own? those bastards.
just remember to keep it tight with the movies tho
on another note, what is the deal with your head technician being fired or removed? if he was the one that made the ps3 this good he should get promoted. that goes for Ken too. i really like him for what he made you. in retrospect i hope you will see how foolish it might be to remove him. remember, no matter who you are, it doesnt matter how hard you try if nearly everyone on yourus team wants you removed. i know he would not have approved of the 40 GB sku. that, i think, is not the best move. im hoping you are going to phase it out as soon as you can and only sell the full BC sku.
anyways and always, stay strong
Love Kenta
Comment by kenta — Dec 15, 2007 @ 1:08 am
Yeah, cool. Rather annoying that Sony announce it, Microsoft jump up and implement it. Is that right? Did Microsoft just implement it, yeah I think they did. Mmmm! Bugger.
I love my PS3, I really do, but the owner experience is very similar to my Amiga. Great hardware but lack lustre support (sometimes).
Maybe the couple of beers I’ve enjoyed this eve have lead to a lack of patience, but really, is it unexpected? The lack of patience, not the beer. Though it’s Friday night, so who knows.
Comment by LordOfRuin — Dec 15, 2007 @ 3:52 am
Some Xvid and FLV playback would be nice too.
Also, more control of audio/video directories. And fix the problem of occasional MP3 files not being recognized. As well, remove the file limit on playlists - they should be able to add thousands of songs - but only a few hundred is allowed at the moment.
Comment by Joel — Dec 15, 2007 @ 3:57 am
It’ll have to happen next week or not at all. I really don’t see Sony being suicidal enough to release a major firmware update while most of their staff are on holiday.
Comment by DrXym — Dec 15, 2007 @ 9:32 am
[…] If you’re wondering where the DivX support for PS3 announced a while back is, you’re not alone. Gizmodo met with the DivX team yesterday to discuss future plans, and those for the PlayStation 3 were brought into the conversation. “According to the company, they expect the previously announced firmware update to hit the PS3 soon, which will enable full DivX support for the console. Though no specific time frame was given for this upgrade, their particular emphasis on saying it was coming soon leads us to believe it’s ‘coming in a week or two’ soon, as opposed to ‘four months down the road’ soon.” While there’s still no exact date, at least it looks like it will be sooner rather than later. Three Speech � DIVX PLAYBACK “SOON” […]
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@10 I agree with you in saying that almost every major firmware update has something to be fixed. That’s why I think that the update will be release AFTER Christmas holidays.
Well, “soon” have been used by SCE in a very strange way in these months. In February SingStar was supposed to be released “soon” and in Italy we are still waiting for it!
Comment by Fabio — Dec 15, 2007 @ 10:39 am
Joel - XviD will be supported. It’s just an open source copy of DivX. My Sony DVD player supports DivX and plays XviD with no problems.
I too check my Google Reader most mornings hoping this update will be out… next week would be great.
Comment by Tom — Dec 15, 2007 @ 12:06 pm
Sorry, that should be ‘most Xvid files will play’ as I understand that some files include unsupported features. I think it’s unlikely that Sony will get full Xvid certification at any point.
Comment by Tom — Dec 15, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Along with the DivX support I hope for the MKV support as weel, as mostly there is a support for MKV, you just have to rewrite the headers and rename it to mp4 … maybe convert the audio too … So the MKV support it isn’t as a huge leap as the DivX support … so my hope is there … But stil, DivX support is welcomed. And I might make my bets, that there is a imminent PSP Firmware upgrade, I think there is the PS3 firmware too … if I remember correctly the last two major release was almost simultanious with the PSP firmware update … So I think that next thusday is the day when we get firmware 2.10
Comment by CsMisi — Dec 15, 2007 @ 2:47 pm
Q1 is gonna be good:
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/12/13/playstation-network-cards-coming-to-the-us/
Comment by Darkie — Dec 15, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
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