XviD better than DivX???

[Enil8]

It seems that when I have movies with the XviD codec, the quality of the video is much better than the DivX codec. Am I just not using DivX to its full extent, or what? I see DVD players coming out with DivX compatiblity, but some of my best movies are XviD and I was wondering if I could convert it to DivX and still maintain the same great quality.

[dukenukem]

Well just leave them as xvid files then get a divx player that also supports xvid,there are divx players that support xvid along with divx and other formats.

[Enil8]

That's cool, i didn't know that! I only saw some DVD players that said support DivX versions 5, 4, and 3 and stuff like that, i never saw any that supported XviD. But when i do get a new DVD player, i'll be sure to get one of those!

[tigerman8u]

Check here for a test and comparison of the latest video codecs. http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-203-1.htm
Xvid wins.

[fritzi93]

If you have DivX codecs, you don't need XviD codecs, apart from an encoder if you wish to MAKE an XviD. On your computer anyway. I let DivX handle playback for the couple XviD movies I have. Shouldn't most MPEG4 players do the same? I don't have one and am curious.

[jntaylor63]

I think that Doom9's test says it all.

But remember, quality also comes from the tools used to encode, bitrate to video size and the quality of the orignal video. (Your DVD, video capture, ect.)

One thing I did notice about Xvid, was that AutoGK would give a better precentage rate of the encode vs. DivX when using the same video with the same settings. (86.5 vs. 69.45)

Who knows why. What I do know is that AutoGK is a great tool. Think of it as DVDShrink for DVD to Xvid/DivX!

JNT