Xbox 360 To Join The DivX Party

Hot on the heels of Sony annoucing DivX support on the PS3, Microsoft has followed suit and will be adding DivX support in their upcoming fall update:
In perhaps the biggest news for tech-minded gamers, codec support for video files will be widened, with Joystiq reporting that this will include MPEG-4 Part 2 video codec support. "What that basically means is that our users should find that most of their DivX and Xvid files will work because they're under that umbrella of the MPEG-4 Part 2 codec," Microsoft's Aaron Greenburg told the site. DivX and Xvid support has long been a requested feature from people who would like to use their Xbox 360 as a media hub, making this very welcome news.
Finally, we'll all be able to view our (*cough* perfectly legitimate *cough*) movies on our HDTVs using our console of choice!
DivX support, classic Xbox games coming in Fall Dashboard Update [Ars Technica]






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