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Xvid (formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It uses ASP features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG and custom quantization matrices.

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Software.name
Xvid
Software.logo
Xvid logo|250px
Software.released
(as XviD)
Software.programming_language
C
Software.operating_system
Cross-platform
Software.genre
Video codec
Software.license
GNU General Public License, version 2(SPDX identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later)
Software.standard
MPEG-4 ASP

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Official website
www.videocoding.de
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Xvid config in Wine.png
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software version identifier
1.3.7
source code repository URL
websvn.xvid.org/cvs/viewvc.cgi
publication date
2001-00-00
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8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Patent issues
  • Sigma Designs controversy
  • Playing Xvid encoded files
  • Encoding applications
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Xvid (formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It uses ASP features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG and custom quantization matrices.

Xvid is a primary competitor of the DivX Pro Codec. In contrast with the DivX codec, which is proprietary software developed by DivX, LLC, Xvid is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This also means that unlike the DivX codec, which is only available for a limited number of platforms, Xvid can be used on all platforms and operating systems for which the source code can be compiled.

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