DivX or Xvid? What is your choice and why?

12-20-04, 12:03 AM

I see seveal encoding programs support both. What are your preferences and why.
Thanks.

CSfLiPfReAkZ · 12-20-04, 04:38 AM

i use XviD because of the superior quality at lower bitrates and smaller filesize than DivX...XviD rocks!

aximx3dude · 12-20-04, 05:04 AM

I read a website once that conducted tests between divx3 divx 5 and xvid. The conclusion was that Xvid had better compression but divx (3 or 5?) had crisper images.

bartman_acwt · 12-20-04, 05:58 AM

I use xvid becouse it's freeware...
I think that divx have superior quality at low bitrate...

TanKilleR · 12-20-04, 07:40 AM

I like XviD better,better rez,less space per time rato. Best of all its free unlike some of DivX's codes that are eather paywere or adwere /wtf?!!

12-20-04, 09:47 AM

XVID is by far better. higher quality at lower bitrates = lower file size. Also, open-source, so you don't get adware included in the DivX pro codec package. The site to checkout for any video encoding stuff is: http://www.doom9.org.

Razor Blade · 12-20-04, 10:50 AM

One more for Xvid. I like to use Divx for cartoon shows though. I always have nice luck with that, but I use Xvid for my movies.

Don't Panic! · 12-20-04, 10:52 AM

Moved to Multimedia for the obvious reason.