klinky wrote:JCD is out of the loop![]()
Jul 19th , OCt 13th
oops, wrong time
*travels back to past*
The_Digital_Phoenix wrote:Okay, I know I already have a few of you laughing or shouting "what a f***ing noob!" but I want to know. I thought that it was an encoder of some kind. I don't know what it does except it will play video files for me that no other player will. So if that's all, then cool, but if it does more, great.
post-it wrote:Divx² - Divx 5 - Xvid - Divx 4 - Alpha3.11 - Mpeg - avi & mov
in that order are the best Video Compression CODEC's currently in use.
the best is Divx² but it is only used for commercail encodes,
and the worst file compression is avi & mov "alone!" wwith no compression
Q: what is Divx ?
A: the idea had been around for a long time but never implamented:
if you take moving pictures and place them one-by-one, you have an
avi-or-mov(ie). Mpg was designed to remove the "common parts",
the parts of the picture that normally do not change in a video, and
only update the eyes & mouth movements; it failed, however - it was
not a total loss in the design of why it worked, just in its concept!
Divx is the best of Full Motion Video and Mpeg combined together.
viv - rm - wmf - asf & fm are Over-Kill-Extreames of Video compression.
these Videos are small but almost un-watch-able.
mpg - avi & mov are very clean and clear but HUGE hard-drive hog's!
Divx is a Video Format that is setting the standards for Internet sharing:
1) it is very well tested.
2) people like us, who use Divx, are very informed of "how it works."
3) it is very easy to use.
4) it can be returned into its original form ( un-compressed video )
Divx IS one of the most useful ways of sending and recieving home made
video's to friends and kewlest way to to share ideas that I know of
RadicalEd0 wrote:The best video codecs out there are
RealVideo 9, XviD, DivX 5, and DivX 3.11
in no particular order, because all 4 are very very similar when used properly. I prefer Real 9 and XviD
the best audio codecs out there:
RealAudio 8, Vorbis, and AAC in order from best to worst
real audio 64 kbps ~ vorbis 96 kbps ~ aac 128 kbps
sorry Real haters, but the above is true, I've done a lot of tests.
There are several formats/containers to use the above in, I personally use
XviD and Vorbis in an ogg media file (.ogm or .ogg)
XviD and AAC in an mpeg 4 file (.mp4)
and obviously RealAudio and Video in a RealMedia file (.rm/.rmvb/.smil)
Sub0 wrote:The_Digital_Phoenix wrote:Okay, I know I already have a few of you laughing or shouting "what a f***ing noob!" but I want to know. I thought that it was an encoder of some kind. I don't know what it does except it will play video files for me that no other player will. So if that's all, then cool, but if it does more, great.
DivX is a codec, a COmputer driven DECoder. Meaning, what the computer does is uses the codec files (once installed) to do it's primary job, decode a video that was made to use the DivX codec. Alternatively you can also encode with the DivX codec. This is highly suggested <b>for your final cut</b> though it requires that the person wanting to decode the video must have the DivX codec installed on their machine.
that is the simple definition (actually the first sentance would have been all that was required but HEY! I'm feeling generous today) and I'm wondering why, in 15 responses nobody really answered the question, <b>What do you use DivX for?</b>.
personally I was never comfortable with the DivX 5 codec until recently cuz you couldn't play DivX 5 files with the DivX 4 codec... but now I'm sure that alot of ppl have DivX5 so no need to worry anymore ;-p


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