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(Black_Forky) #21

use xvid instead

(Wils) #22

My only recommendation is to not use xvid, because I don’t have it installed :slight_smile:

(Joe999) #23

virtualdub + xvid work fine and fast for me. it has a lot of filters, resizing and a lot of other config options. but you can also export directly to xvid with premiere, just select the appropriate codec.

(jjpron) #24

Real men use h.264.
Can your computer handle it?

(ParanoiD) #25

My 350 Mhz defenately can’t :P. My Athlon 1800+ can handle it when the resolution is no higher then 720p, everything else closed. When using mplayer it is best.

(jah) #26

lol

what about the “OMG IT ROCKS IT’S JUST LIKE BATTLEFIELD BUT IN THE FUTURE!!11” kids?

xD

J

(kamikazee) #27

Those kids will probably switch to BF2142 if they would compare it with Battlefield.

(Zyklon) #28

Use the VLC player, you don’t need to install codecs to watch vids.

(Wils) #29

Does VLC play realmedia files yet?

Also, out of curiosity: what exactly is xvid for? What does it do that divx didn’t already?

(kamikazee) #30

XVid is opensource, thus free.

DivX is proprietary but gives some better results in certain cases.

(Joe999) #31

last time i tried divx long time ago a movie rendered at approx 5 frames/sec, xvid rendered at 20 frames/sec. besides the font in the ET videos i made was actually readable and sharp with xvid, in divx it was blurry and fuzzy. although i must admit i haven’t checked every possible setting in divx, i wanna use the codec, not learn it. i haven’t seen a divx vid that would be better than an xvid vid, and as kamikazee said xvid is open source and hence widely supported.

if someone’s interested, doom9 has a good codec comparison:

http://www.doom9.org/codec-comparisons.htm

vlc doesn’t support real media, here’s a features list:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

if you need a working real player i recommend real alternative player:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

(Graham) #32

Short hand, xvid is DivX for Linux.

(Nail) #33

xvid is for Windows too
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

(Joe999) #34

i think he meant that xvid is available on several systems (linux among others) whereas divx isn’t, neither are wmv nor quicktime, at least not natively.

(Nail) #35

afaik, divx is available for both linux and Mac and wmv is available with Mplayer:

for Quicktime, Codeweavers has a program called Crossover that will handle .mov and shockwave

Not only that, but CrossOver Office also allows you to use many Windows Web browser plugins, such as QuickTime and Shockwave, directly on your Linux browser.

Mplayer Supported Video and Audio Codecs
most important video codecs:

* MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
* MPEG-4 in all variants including DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5 (Pro), XviD
* Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
* Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
* RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2)
* RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)
* Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs
* DV video
* 3ivx
* Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
* Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or XAnim codecs)
* VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL)
* MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
* FLI/FLC
* HuffYUV
* various old simple RLE-like formats
(Dazzamac) #36

The vid rocks, though you won’t find any vids of me falling out of trees anywhere honest.

(ouroboro) #37

As another real man above said, h.264 FTW. That other crap is on the way out, make way for the future.

(nUllSkillZ) #38

again.

(crumblycake) #39

…and it’s become a bit NASTY around here with all the little trollians running upset that they “don’t have demo” and the something about scramping ET:QW and begin working on RTCW 2 instead…