It appears to me that divx is their version of H.264 video and
MP3 audio in their own wrapper. Does that sound accurate to you?
There appear to have been several flavors of divx, I'm not sure it's
even possible to stream it. I thought it was closer to MPEG4 Part 2
Advanced Simple profile video, with mp3 audio. But I have not really
looked into it, I'd rather stick with broader more accepted
standards. Not to disparage it, divx does seem to have its faithful
following, there are 21 people right now viewing the divx forum in
doom9.
Frank Fulchiero
Digital Media Specialist
Connecticut College