xvid vs divx

[mcnallyj]

Can anyone tell me what is better for this? I have an ngage thjat is running smartmovie on it. On the pc when going to convert it, which codec should I choose in terms of quality, xvid or divx?

[steve2713]

I believe that XVID is generally considered to be slightly better, although I'm not terribly familiar with comparisons between the two.

I will say that I've done a couple of DVD conversions to XVID, fit to a single CD, to test its ability. I was VERY impressed with it, I can honestly say that, on a 90 minute movie, most scenes were close to the original DVD in quality, although I used a slightly reduced resolution (640x???).

[jimmalenko]

In my own tests I found XVID to be better. I'm trying to think of how I came to that conclusion, but at this point in time my memory has deserted me so I can't qualify it with any bona fide reasons unfortunately.

[proxyx99]

Never seen DivX look as good as Xvid.

[offline]

Xvid is much more advanced

[Gurm]

XVid is much more advanced, can achieve better compression... but the support is lackluster.

You'll seldom find a set-top box or hardware player of any sort that supports the nifty features of Xvid. That's just the reality of things.

[offline]

Good point Gurm, but a similar argument can be
made against Divix as well. There are all sorts of issues even with the latest standalone MPEG 4 players. 99.9% are solvable, however.

In my experience there are now far less issues with Xvid as compared to Divix. That said, both are excellent and imo superior in many ways to wmv9 and mpeg-2.

For the OP, the answer is still Xvid.

[junkmalle]

Doubt you'll see any difference on an ngage.

[midnightsun]

just stick to max 1 consecutive b-frame, no gmc, no qpel and your set-top player will gladly play your xvid which will still look better than divx

[Gurm]

Yes, true.

But then again, if you're just trying to get it to play random XVIDs from the net, they're all encoded by monkeys with modems and use multiple b-frames, gmc AND qpel, and will not play.

[Stormin Norman]

Xvid is a more tunable codec.

[pchan]

Hi folks,

Any comment on Xvid vs RMVB ? Which is better ?

[midnightsun]

Yes, true.

But then again, if you're just trying to get it to play random XVIDs from the net, they're all encoded by monkeys with modems and use multiple b-frames, gmc AND qpel, and will not play.

true

[celtic_druid]

DivX can do qpel, also multiple bframes I think.

XviD is a video codec and rmvb is just rm which is a container. I guess you mean RV9EHQ aka RV10? I would have to say that XviD is better, but it really depends on what you like and what you are encoding.

[spiderman2k1]

XVID Is better only thing some DVD players have problems playing back XVID. BUt the new DVD players will be better.

[celtic_druid]

If you stick with the DXN profiles XviD really shouldn't be any less compatible than DivX.

[Gurm]

Nope. For making your own, XviD is the superior choice. When you see one made by someone else, though, odds are the XviD won't play in your set-top box.

[celtic_druid]

I wouldn't say that. Percentage wise I would say that there are way more XviD's that are encoded without GMC than with. That leaves the problem of qpel for ESS players and packed bitstream (which can easily be unpacked) for some MTK based players.

Guess another issue would be the lack of VBV if your player doesn't handle bitrate spikes well.