RE: [Apple iPod] iPod Touch

Yes, I know all this, but the fact that it can play AVI's also means that there's the POTENTIAL to play the codecs (like dvix and xvid) that currently only work (or at least are most often seen) within the AVI (vs. MOV) container...

Levi

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From: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com [AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Otto Nikolaus [otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:41 AM
To: AppleiPod@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Apple iPod] iPod Touch

There is some confusion here. AVI is *not* a codec. It is a "container"
format that can contain just about any audio/video content.

The most common use of the .avi filename extension is for video torrents,
which mostly (always?) use the DivX/Xvid codec.

IOW avi = DivX/Xvid in practice.

Otto
PS I'd bet that in a year's time, 64 GB flash will cost what 32 does now.

On 29/02/2008, Levi Wallach <levi@dvdmon.com> wrote:
>
> Wow, that's great to know about the third-party video player. I wonder if
> it will play Dvix and Xvid video? That has been one of my biggest
> complaints about the iPod - that you are stuck to just the formats Apple
> wants you to have, whereas most other players out there can boast of a
> zillion different format options. If the more open application environment
> of the Touch (and iPhone) removes that limitation, I might have to seriously
> think about an iTouch. If they can get the thing up to 64GB without making
> it even more pricey, that might be the thing that pushes me to buy....

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