Which Xvid and other codecs to install?

[TBoneit]

Hopefully in the Right Forum Possible here and or Computer Forum topic? Not sure?

Mods please move if needed.

I'm building a new computer for encoding from DVD to Xvid/Divx and to be honest also to encode from a advc 1000 to Xvid/Divx or DVD.

I'm not even going to hook it up to the internet once I get the latest updates and such into it.

First question I seem to see various Xvid codecs all marked final?

Divx I'm thinking Latest version.

Or can I just install something like AVIRecomp and let its Xvid codec be the one?

Any Codecs known to be good or badwith dual core? This machine I'm going to try a AMD 4200 64/X2 processor in a Winfast (Foxconn) 6100K8MA-RS @ http://www.foxconnchannel.com/products_motherboard_2.cfm?pName=6100K8MA-RS

External HDDs to move Video files around from P4 3.0 and this one.

I am thinking of using TMPGEnc 3 Xpress for encoding to Divx and to DVD as I seem to recall it will support either HT or dual processors so it should support the dual core. Plus it encodes to Divx/wmv/xvid or from Divx/wmv/xvid.

Anybody want to suggest the best Xvid codec?

Thanks

[celtic_druid]

The only official XviD releases are source code. So anyone who takes the 1.1 final source and compiles it, you have a 1.1final build. My 1.1 final, Koepi's 1.1 final, etc. there should be no major differences. Personally I'd go with a 1.2cvs build.

No idea what build of XviD AVIRecomp installs. AutoGK tends to come with mine since I added MTK profiles plus generally have the most uptodate builds.

[TBoneit]

Oh, that explainds it! I was wondering why there were so many final builds of Xvid.

Anything I should watch out for with the version you suggest? I see it's yours.

To answer your question about AviRecomp it installs
XviD-1.1.0-30122005 _Final Release_
Based on CVS from 30.12.2005 20:00h MET
as well as Avisynth 2.5, Vobsub and some other things. I was looking at it to see what it did and if could fix some AVIs that got messed up. My Toshiba 3990 every now and then it hits a avi and stays at loading even though the same file looks ok on the computer so I thought I'd try running them through that and see what happens. It is supposed to make them play on a Phillips 64 even. I'm not sure what went wrong on these files. I need to look at them and see as the Toshiba is supposed to support Qpel & GMC.

Anyway Thanks for the feedback