

There are additional articles links on the Xvid Codec links page. MPEG-4 is a coder-decoder with the potential to crunch big video files small enough to transport over mobile networks. This type works for DVD and a specific kind of Blu- Ray discs. MPEG is the acronym for Moving Pictures Experts Group. You can read my DVD to Xvid Conversion Guide to find out how to convert DVDs to Xvid or if you are already familiar with DVD to DivX conversion, you can go directly to our Xvid Setup/Reference Guide. Almost every DVD and Blu-ray player support XVID files.

How do I encode video using the Xvid codec? The same goes for multimedia players, and standalone players. Most encoding software that supports DivX encoding will also support Xvid encoding. The quality of the codec is extremely good (in most cases, better than DivX), and encoding speed is very fast as well, so it is at least worth a try. Xvid is a continuation of Project Mayo (original open source project responsible for the commercial DivX codec) and aims to develope a high quality open-source MPEG-4 codec.

The Xvid Codec (formerly capitalized differently: XviD) is a video encoding and decoding (playback) codec designed to compete with the popular DivX codec.
