[1] DivX, LLC's offerings have expanded beyond the codec to include software for viewing and authoring DivX-encoded video.

Gej was looking for a way to compress his portfolio so he could transmit it using the Audio Video Interleave file format (AVI).

Co-founder Jordan Greenhall, a former Mp3.com executive, learned of the codec from friends, and used it to download a copy of "The Matrix".

[3] Greenhall eventually got in touch with Gej through an underground Dutch hacker group after a multi-month search.

[6] In November 2007, DivX bought MainConcept AG, a specialist provider of video and audio codec solutions.

[9] In April 2014, Rovi Corporation sold the DivX and MainConcept business to Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group.

[11] In February 2018, a deal was finalized to sell certain DivX assets, intellectual property and subsidiaries from NeuLion, Inc. to Fortress Investment Group.

DivX, LLC also licenses its technologies to manufacturers of integrated circuits designed to be used in consumer electronic devices.

DivX, Inc.'s partners have shipped over 1 billion certified consumer electronic devices, representing over 2500 product models.

In November 2007, DivX, Inc.'s contract with Google expired, and the company started distributing a co-branded version of the Yahoo!

[19] Stage 6 was a user-generated content site run by DivX, Inc. that was similar to YouTube but that allowed for uploading and viewing of high-definition video.

[23] On October 16, 2007, UMG filed an action against DivX, Inc. in federal district court in Los Angeles for copyright infringement.

[20] In December 2007, DivX, Inc. announced that it needed additional time to consider the alternatives available to the company with respect to the future of Stage6.

[26] In August 2007, DivX, Inc. announced that it had acquired the assets of Veatros, LLC, a Lawrence, Kansas-based company.