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What is XviD?
XviD is the name of a popular new video codec being developed as an open source project by volunteer programmers from all over the world. The format was created to offer a free alternative to other commercial
video codecs, and despite being open source its quality and efficiency has made it one of the most popular video codecs online.
While XviD still isn't as widely used as DivX, playback of XviD movies is usually supported in new DVD players nowadays.
The
XviD codec makes it possible to compress a full-length DVD-quality movie enough to fit on a single CD (might require 2 CDs
depending on the length of the movie), while still maintaining the original image quality. Despite the fact that XviD movies
offer higher quality video at smaller file sizes they take less time to encode than MPEG-2 due to the incredible compression
technology. The video is usually combined with MP3 or AC3 audio to enable both high quality video and audio. These factors
and the fact that the codec is distributed for free has contributed to the success of the format.
When you install
the XviD codec it basically provides your system with specific instructions how to compress and decompress video in the XviD
format. Once you've installed the XviD codec on your system you will be able to play XviD videos using Windows Media Player
or any other XviD-enabled player.
if you are haveing problems opening or viewing videos with windows media player 9x with windows-2000Professional
please follow the information below. here's the link: http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/ download and install: XviD codec v1.1.3 for Windows (627KB) This is if YOU are running windows-2000pro. if you are useing windowsXP or
windowsXP-Pro look for the same file on: http://www.xvidmovies.com for the required file. all the best,hope this helps.... Darrell Steele / VO1MDS
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