2006-10-23 20:25:15 · 4 answers · asked by chandiramohan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
DivX is a video codec created by DivX, Inc. (formerly DivXNetworks, Inc.), which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality. DivX uses lossy MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, where quality is balanced against file size for utility. It is one of several codecs commonly associated with ripping, where audio and video multimedia are transferred to a hard disk and transcoded. As a result, DivX has been a center of controversy because of its use in the replication and distribution of copyrighted DVDs.
Many newer "DivX Certified" DVD players are able to play DivX encoded movies. However, "DivX" should not be confused with "DIVX", an unrelated attempt at a new DVD rental system employed by the US retailer Circuit City. The winking emoticon in the early "DivX ;-)" codec name was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the failed DIVX system.
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XviD is a free and open source MPEG-4 video codec. XviD was created by a group of volunteer programmers after the OpenDivX source was closed in July 2001.
XviD features MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG and custom quantization matrices.
XviD is a primary competitor of DivX (XviD being DivX spelled backwards). While DivX is closed source and may only run on Windows, Mac OS and Linux, XviD is open source and can potentially run on any platform.
2006-10-23 20:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They compress videos in different way, like mp3 and mp4...
dvix and xvid are codecs.
2006-10-23 20:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by Oscar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply ... divx is official ... xvid is a "hack" of divx that is open source .... most divx players will play xvid also.
2006-10-23 20:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are just different format for DVD Video dude..I don't suppose you should have to go in detail...
2006-10-23 20:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet 19 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋