Jérôme Rota (born 1973, Saint-Jean-de-Védas) is a French software developer.
[5][6] His hack had the advantage of supporting the AVI formatted files.
Initial peer-to-peer rapid spread of the program turned into its introductions to the markets.
The new project was first given the name ProjectMayo, and an open-source MPEG-4 codec called OpenDivX was made.
Rota joined the company DivX, Inc. (formerly known as DivXNetworks, Inc.), based in San Diego, in 2000.