Which is better: Xvid or DiVX?

[iamtrout]

Ok, it's been a while since I've been in the DVD conversion game. Which is better nowadays, xvid or divx?

 

[n0cmonkey]

I don't know, but I'd imagine it depends on what you are looking for. Unless one is better for both size and quality.

 

[iamtrout]

Meh. I'd like to go with Xvid because it's open source. But is there a big reason I should go with Divx?

 

[rh71]

they are practically identical in output in my experience. I must've encoded about 50-100 files using either of those encoders in the last 2 months and the results are the same... output time and quality.

I stick with divx because the decoder is more widely used though.

 

[Miramonti]

Worth the read:

Codec shoot-out 2004


/edit: summary: AVC codecs > Xvid > Divx

 

[Bateluer]

I typically use DivX 5.12, seems to encode the fastest for me. Though, its been a while since I encoded something with XviD, I should give it a test run with one of my DVDs.

 

[iamtrout]

Thanks for the input and the link. Good night reading.