Comments on: Difference between DivX and Xvid? http://williamfrantz.com/wp/118 Stuff you can't live without Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gandalf http://williamfrantz.com/wp/118/comment-page-1#comment-26623 Gandalf Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:14:42 +0000 http://williamfrantz.com/?p=118#comment-26623 <p>Perhaps.. just a shame that all of those videos I have designated Xvid does not play on my DivX certified i8510 :/</p> Perhaps.. just a shame that all of those videos I have designated Xvid does not play on my DivX certified i8510 :/

]]> By: wfrantz http://williamfrantz.com/wp/118/comment-page-1#comment-26608 wfrantz Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:42:09 +0000 http://williamfrantz.com/?p=118#comment-26608 <p>Most of those videos were probably created using the Xvid encoder (because it's free) so people put "xvid" in the name of the file even if the file was actually created to DivX Home Theater profile specifications.</p> <p>It's like I hand you a copy of a paper document and casually say, "here's a xerox of the contract." In fact you don't know if I used an actual Xerox machine or a Canon or a Sharp. In the end, it doesn't really matter to you although I'm sure some forensic experts could probably figure out truth.</p> <p>Regardless of which encoder was used originally, you'll probably get the best results by using DivX to re-encode your videos into the Mobile profile (320x240) before watching them on your Innov8.</p> Most of those videos were probably created using the Xvid encoder (because it’s free) so people put “xvid” in the name of the file even if the file was actually created to DivX Home Theater profile specifications.

It’s like I hand you a copy of a paper document and casually say, “here’s a xerox of the contract.” In fact you don’t know if I used an actual Xerox machine or a Canon or a Sharp. In the end, it doesn’t really matter to you although I’m sure some forensic experts could probably figure out truth.

Regardless of which encoder was used originally, you’ll probably get the best results by using DivX to re-encode your videos into the Mobile profile (320×240) before watching them on your Innov8.

]]> By: Gandalf http://williamfrantz.com/wp/118/comment-page-1#comment-26596 Gandalf Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:56:20 +0000 http://williamfrantz.com/?p=118#comment-26596 <p>So why does about 70% of all the video I download off torrents use Xvid? Quite annoying actually since my Samsung i8510 Innov8 mobile is DivX certified and plays DivX much more nicely, smoothly and in highler quality than Xvid :)</p> So why does about 70% of all the video I download off torrents use Xvid? Quite annoying actually since my Samsung i8510 Innov8 mobile is DivX certified and plays DivX much more nicely, smoothly and in highler quality than Xvid :)

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