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Stage6 was a video sharing website owned and operated by DivX, Inc., where users could upload, share, and view video clips. [1] Stage6 was different from other video services in that it streamed high quality video clips that were user-encoded with DivX and Xvid video codecs.
DivX Plus HD, launched in 2009, is the brand name for the file type that DivX, Inc. has chosen for their high definition video format. DivX Plus HD files consist of high definition H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video with surround sound Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio, wrapped up in the open-standard Matroska container, identified by the .mkv file extension.
Top of the World Tour: Live was released by the Dixie Chicks as a DVD on November 21, 2003. It is a concert video that documents performances from the group's 2003 Top of the World Tour. On December 16, 2003 Top of the World Tour: Live (DVD) was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
DIVX (Digital Video Express) is a discontinued digital video format. Created in part by Circuit City , it was an unsuccessful attempt to create an alternative to video rental in the United States. The format's poor reception from consumers resulted in major financial losses for Circuit City and is credited with being part of the company's downfall.
The tour began with three promotional concerts in Europe and Australia. During the first of these on March 10, 2003, at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, Natalie Maines made her controversial remarks criticizing President George W. Bush a few days before the start of the Iraq War: "Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all.
An Evening with the Dixie Chicks is a 2002 live music documentary featuring the Dixie Chicks and directed by Joel Gallen.As of March 2003, An Evening with the Dixie Chicks has sold 2 million copies in the United States and has been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The Chicks' version, like the rest of Home, features heavy influence of bluegrass music, with fiddle and banjo, and no drums. The song's sound and message were described by journalist Bill Frisicks-Warren as atypical of country music at the time, although group member Martie Maguire said she did not consider the song to be a "statement". [ 1 ]
The music video for "Without You" was one of the Chicks' more startling. Directed by Thom Oliphant and Maines' husband Adrian Pasdar, almost every scene consisted of a nude person against a completely white background, be it the three Chicks (from the shoulders up), a muscular African-American male, a very pregnant woman, another woman, or a baby.