DivX vs. XviD

What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?

I am mainly interested in being able to identify DVD Recorders that
support XviD. From what I have seen of product specifications, they
seem to mention only DivX as though XviD is automatically implied.

Is XviD just another way of doing DivX and therefore if a DVD recorder
can do DivX, it can do XviD?


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Citizen Bob

Citizen Bob wrote:
> What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?
>
> I am mainly interested in being able to identify DVD Recorders that
> support XviD. From what I have seen of product specifications, they
> seem to mention only DivX as though XviD is automatically implied.
>
> Is XviD just another way of doing DivX and therefore if a DVD recorder
> can do DivX, it can do XviD?



My recorder can play xVids and divx's of standard format.



From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XviD

Since XviD uses MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) compression, video
encoded with XviD is MPEG-4 ASP video and can therefore be decoded with all
MPEG-4 ASP compliant decoders. This includes a large number of media
players, in particular all the ones based on the open source libavcodec
library. See comparison of media players for a list of media players capable
of playing XviD encoded content.

XviD encoded files can be written to a CD or DVD and played in a DivX
compatible DVD player, as long as they are not encoded using features
unsupported by DivX (e.g. three warppoints instead of one), since such
features are not considered "MPEG-4 compliant" by DivX.

"Citizen Bob" <> wrote in message
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> What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?

XviD = DivX backwards.

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:14:13 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:

>> What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?

>XviD = DivX backwards.

Does Xvid work backwards too?


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Citizen Bob wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:14:13 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:
>>> What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?
>> XviD = DivX backwards.
>
> Does Xvid work backwards too?

..yletulosbA
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Gareth Halfacree wrote on [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:56:54 +0100]:
> Citizen Bob wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:14:13 GMT, "David Z" <> wrote:
>>>> What is the relationship of XviD to DivX?
>>> XviD = DivX backwards.
>>
>> Does Xvid work backwards too?
>
> .yletulosbA
> .tsrif koob a fo egap tsal eht daer ohw elpoep rof taerg si hcihW

..sretsop pot dnA

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:12:50 -0500, Justin <>
wrote:

>>>> XviD = DivX backwards.

>>> Does Xvid work backwards too?

>> .yletulosbA
>> .tsrif koob a fo egap tsal eht daer ohw elpoep rof taerg si hcihW

>.sretsop pot dnA

Maybe that's how we should reply to top posters - post the reply
backwards.


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"Citizen Bob" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:12:50 -0500, Justin <>
> wrote:
>
>>>>> XviD = DivX backwards.
>
>>>> Does Xvid work backwards too?
>
>>> .yletulosbA
>>> .tsrif koob a fo egap tsal eht daer ohw elpoep rof taerg si hcihW
>
>>.sretsop pot dnA
>
> Maybe that's how we should reply to top posters - post the reply
> backwards.
>
>
> --
>
> "There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress."
> --Mark Twain
>

Tempting, very tempting.

Luck;
Ken

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:37:29 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<> wrote:

>> Maybe that's how we should reply to top posters - post the reply
>> backwards.

> Tempting, very tempting.

My editor can do it, but it takes a small effort.

tset a si siht

That was done entirely by the editor.


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