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PMC v2 allows OEMs to add support for more codecs
PMC v2 allows OEMs to add support for more codecs: from Jason Dunn’s notes at the recent Mobius 2005 conference:
New devices will have user interface extensions that allow OEMs to add new menu items. OEMs will also be able to distribute new CODEC support via Flash ROM updates. This is a great update, because it means that even though Microsoft isn’t shipping a DivX CODEC on the device, if Creative Labs wants to, they could—and after the fact at that. The lack of popular video codec support is a huge issue with these devices, so this helps address that.
DivX support is a huge plus for any PMP, so it’s nice to see that these devices could get it—if their manufacturers are smart enough). Which means, Toshiba is acting stupidly on this with their Gigabeat S.
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...added by Alex /// April 25th, 2007 at 14:11 PM