"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
news:2t4qos4c39jm014ctqg5cdvd4uasqo2s2i@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 00:54:04 -0400, "Bill DeWitt"
> <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>
> >> What's so special about DivX besides being a really great codec? Or
> >> tdo you consider "special" a codec which is not supported by MicroSoft
> >> and hence unavailable by the automatic codec download feature of Media
> >> Player?
> >
> >    My copy of Media Player ran the file without a hitch, and didn't have
to
> >download anything.
>
> Did you download and install the DivX;-) codec previously? It can't
> jsut appear on your machine, you know...
>

    ... and even so, that would mean that it is available by automatic
download even though the Evil MicroSoft Empire doesn't support* it.

    *(As if other players come with it loaded already...)

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