Is Xvid DEAD?

[slicemaster101]

Well,
This is just a simple question but it seems warranted. Is Xvid DEAD? It doesn’t seem that development is active anymore and the codec seems to have stalled out. The newest release is a beta (Xvid 1.1.0 Beta 2) that was released on April 4 of this year. Nothing has been released since. No new member can sign up and the website seems out of date at best, although abandoned is probably more accurate. What is going on? Xvid seems to be more popular then DivX at this point (tons of new internet content available in Xvid) but nothing is happening.

Signed,
Slice

[lantern]

What Mod said on Doom9

Take a look here.

[celtic_druid]

Still hasn't been a hell of a lot going on. XviD is opensource though so it can't really die. For instance if you have something to contribute, submit it to the mailing list.

[Soopafresh]

Yeah, sure. Just upgrade to the latest dual core procs so you can watch 720p h264 clips. The more interesting question is "Will h264 ever live up to the hype ?"