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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."

6 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yea but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Odds are that commercial publishers are not going to want any new format that doesn't have some kind of DRM, like it or not.
    Fuck them.
  2. 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?

  3. MOD DOWN WINDOWS USER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Windows-using capitalist pig!!

    Mod down with extreme prejudice and socialism!!!

  4. Reply to post is a moron, not "Informative" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "I think the parent poster meant x-vid as in "X, the metasyntactic variable" followed by "vid, short for video". As opposed to being an obscure sort of time travelling self-reference. It is possible and would be a funny irony, but I had thought "DivX ;-)" was somehow a reference to the failed commercial Divx service. Which merely passes on the question, of course."
    I'm quoting an AC, but I think insults are in order here. Moderators Suck!

  5. Spelling Nazi says rediculous is not an oxymoron. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    [body of subject intentionally missing]

  6. 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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    My other car is first.