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XVID 1.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the graphic-violence dept.

Freedom66 writes "The 1.0 version of XVID codec is available. XviD is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec like DIVX codec. It's an open source project which is developed and maintained by lots of people from all over the world. On the 31st December, Doom9 has made a codec comparison and XVID was at this time, one of the best codecs."

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  1. Re:Yea but.... by Uber+Banker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    aren't there licensing fees for mpeg-4 though?

    Indeed, for most usage too. But hey, this is OpenSource so who cares that this is just a rip off of an existing technology?

  2. Re:Mod parent up by jrockway · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here's my accurate answer: STOP USING WINDOWS.

    Seriously, if you want stable you're using the wrong OS. "Ohh but it's so shinny."

    I see.

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