digital media

mp3

The Great MP3 Bitrate Experiment

Lately I've been trying to rid my life of as many physical artifacts as possible. I'm with Merlin Mann on CDs: Although I'd extend that line of thinking to DVDs as well. The death of physical media has some definite downsides, but after owning

By Jeff Atwood ·
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software development concepts

DIVX vs. DivX

It’s ironic that the popular DivX codec has all but obliterated the identity of the ill-fated DIVX pay-per-view rental system. VS. So what was DIVX? DIVX (Digital Video Express) was a rental format variation on the DVD player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc – physically similar

By Jeff Atwood ·
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