XviD is a video codec just like DivX. Most new movies and videos are being encoded with XviD. The XviD Codec is needed to play movies encoded by XviD. XviD is better than DivX.

XviD is the best currently available MPEG-4 video codec solution and additionally XviD is free software!

Features of Koepi’s XviD Codec :

I, P Frame encoding, PMVFast and EPZS with diamond and square pattern motion estimation, inter4v mode, fullpixell and halfpixel, precision, both MPEG4 and H263 quantizations, custom quant matrices, Adaptive quantization / Luminance masking.

Changes in XviD 1.1.2 [28.06.2007] :

- {core}: Fixed possible security issue in mbcoding.c

Done correctly, Xvid and Divx are essentially identical. Getting the best quality comes from choosing the optimum encoding settings (which includes having a good software program.)

I used to use AutoGK with Xvid and switched to Dr. Divx and also the Divx Create program. *WARNING: I don’t know if every standalone player will play Divx6 so test this by encoding a small file and using a Rewriteable DVD (that you know works). At first I thought no, but it’s possible that Divx Create is designed to be Universally playable on all Divx machines. I’m just not sure (mine plays Divx6 so I can’t test this theory.)

I used AutoGK for encoding DVD-Video, but I thought it can also recode other files? There’s also “Mediacoder” and a few others but I don’t know if you can choose your own Encoder.

Also, if you have a dual/duo core CPU you’ll probably want to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to see if it’s being used. Video encoding programs are limited solely by CPU speed which is partly why there’ll be a market for quad-core CPU’s.

Also, experiment by encoding a good quality VOB such as a movie Trailer ripped from a DVD-Video. Experiment with your settings to balance encoding time with quality

Koepi’s XviD Codec