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Henk van Loon
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:17 am    Post subject: What is the difference between DivX and Xvid? Reply with quote
What is the difference between DivX and Xvid?

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Billy Joe
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:23 am    Post subject: Re: What is the difference between DivX and Xvid? Reply with quote
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Henk van Loon <henkvanloon456@mail.com> wrote:

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What is the difference between DivX and Xvid?

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Jan Panteltje
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:02 pm    Post subject: Re: What is the difference between DivX and Xvid? Reply with quote
On a sunny day (Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:17:11 +0200) it happened Henk van Loon
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What is the difference between DivX and Xvid?
xvid is open source, but not guaranteed to work on any standalone player.


DivX is commercial, and licenses to DVD player manufacturers.

xvid does not even work on some open source PC players sometimes (Linux xine).

So, if you want to be compatible with 'world' use DivX.
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jan Panteltje:

know your facts before you give someone the wrong info.

What is DivX?

DivX is the name of a revolutionary new video codec which is based on the new MPEG-4 compression standard for video. When you install a video codec on your system it basically works as an add-on to your system with instructions how to compress/decompress video in that video format. Once you've installed the DivX codec on your system you will be able to play DivX movies using Windows Media Player or any other DivX-enabled player.

Despite the fact that DivX movies offer better compression and higher quality video then regular MPEG movies they take less time to encode due to the incredible compression technology. The DivX codec makes it possible to compress/encode a full-length movie at near DVD-quality that's small enough to fit on a single CD (700MB). The DivX video is usually combined with MP3/AC3 audio to produce both high quality video and audio.


What is XviD?

XviD is the name of a new open-source video codec, which just like DivX is based on the new MPEG-4 compression standard for video. It's currently being developed by people from all over the world. When you install a video codec on your system it basically works as an add-on to your system with instructions how to compress/decompress video in that video format. Once you've installed the XviD codec on your system you will be able to play XviD movies using Windows Media Player or any other XviD-enabled player.
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