xvid vs divx

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MurderOne

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i've noticed a lot of groups releasing films using xvid and ac3. is xvid seen as a better codec these days?

i've been surprised by the quality of some lengthly films over 2 cds when the ac3 audio is included.
 
daMANiack

daMANiack

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The-poacher said:
xvid seems to be all the rage
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Hi,

I do alot of encoding to .MPEG, strickly for personal use.

I suppose I can blame ChickenMan for this, thankz teach.

The appearance of an encoded .avi done using either DivX or xVid to me does have a difference appearance, it comes to personal taste.

For me, I prefer xVid as it kinda has a glassy film appearance to it that seems to meld together any minor macro-blocks. (oh, the dreaded macro-blocks :( )

TMPGenc did have a lot of problems with importing xVid and especially AC3 .AVI's until I worked out how to solve.

This works when I'm using Windows XP, not sure about Windows 9x/Me.

Launch Tmpgenc and goto Option->Environmental Setting->VFAPI Plugin and raise the DirectShow MultiMedia priority by right-click on that line, then select Higher Priority, mine is set to 1.

Just incase, you may have to goto the TMPGenc directory and rename the CurrentCfg.tpr file to say CurrentCfg.tpr.bak, or delete it.
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Cheerz
 
daveml

daveml

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Best to use dvd2svcd for xvid.
The good quality 2x700 megs u can even get a great dvd-r out of.
Most properly encoded avi files work in dvd2svcd.
The sound output is better than tmpgenc too.
Tmpgenc is a great program but its slower too.
But thats just my view.;)

Most good new releases seem to be in xvid format as its ac3 audio is a real bonus.
 
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Oldy

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On a slightly different line, which version of Xvid is the one to choose?

I have found that the main two versions are Koepi and Nic - anyone know which of these is the best?

Oldy
 
ChickenMan

ChickenMan

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Good to hear some of the students were actually listening :D

I've always used Koepi ones, always works for me. Also recommended on the doom9 site as well.

As for original question, yes there are a lot more Xvid's out there these days. If you talk to the Techno gurus, each camp can have resons why either Xvid or DivX is better than the other. To me, any differences are only minor and nt worth worring about. It a bit like asking wahts the best program to buen CD's with ? There are 20 different products or more and you can get 20 genuine reasons why any one is better than the others.
 
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Oldy

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Thx for the input CM - I was using Koepi (not thru' choice but ignorance) but it looks like I was lucky once again :)

Oldy
 
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