Circuit City - DIVX

[patno13]

Does anyone remember those DIVX disc Circuit City attempted years back? Is there any way to use those discs. My brother has about 50 movies sitting in a box.

[celtic_druid]

Don't remember them per say, since they were never sold here. But they used triple DES encryption which to my knowledge has not been broken (harder to break than DVD's encryption, plus no motivation). So basically no way to play them.

Odd though how the Studios keep wanting to head back in that direction. You think one dead format would be a lesson for them.

[phishman1]

?...

If the encryption is so diffficult (or impossible) to break, why isn't it used on all movies?

[blutach]

These were disks that play for a time and then give up the ghost IIRC. Forget about them.

Regards

[jamoskeag3]

Blu,
What is a ghost IIRC

[blutach]

"to give up the ghost" - die.

Regards

[celtic_druid]

Newer formats use even better encryption. Doesn't matter how good the encryption is if you can dump the key from memory though (referring to recent developments with AACS).

[blutach]

Re AACS - see http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119871

Regards