What is "divx"

DIVX (Digital Video Express) was an unsuccessful attempt by Circuit City and the entertainment law firm Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca and Fischer to create an alternative to video rental in the United States.

DivX may refer to:

• DivX, a video codec from DivX, Inc.
• DIVX, the failed pay-per-view for DVD
• DivX, Inc., the company that offers software for encoding in DivX and that certifies devices that are capable or encoding and/or playing DivX encoded video