Divx/wmv

[spagmoid]

Since we have a forum for this now.. here's an article that compares the MPEG-4 based codecs, and has pictures to illustrate how DIVX & XVID are in a different class from WMV..

http://www.doom9.org/codecs.htm

 

[wdwmagic]

Nice article - thanks!!

 

[spagmoid]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I have heard that the new Divx 5 codec has a lot of problems so I'm going to wait a while before I do any more encoding..

 

[NowInc]

DivX 5 has crashed on me 4 times out of the 22 i have used it...look at that as you will...its not bad..but i think a 5.1 will be around sooner than we think...

 

[spagmoid]

4.0 wasn't that great either, it wasn't until 4.11 that I used it. Hopefully they will fix these things and they haven't turned into slackers.. But XVid sounds like it might be even better. It's about time some hackers started improving these things, since the big 3 M$ Apple & Real definitely aren't into innovation.

 

[NowInc]

LoL..you mean sorta like how Radium enhanced MP3 encoding?