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Installing DivX and Xvid additionally
Posted: 09 May 2006 06:06
by Dekubitus
Hi there,
I am using VLC for a very long time now. Additionally, I installed DivX and Xvid. Is it necessary to install the DivX and Xvid codec if VLC is already installed? If not, which DivX/Xvid version does VLC use?
Posted: 09 May 2006 17:46
by Guest
No, and it uses ffmpeg.
Posted: 10 May 2006 09:49
by Dekubitus
it uses ffmpeg.
If there is, for example, a new DivX version it could be possible that VLC doesn't play videos encoded with that specific DivX version properly because that new DivX version isn't bundled with the ffmpeg codec pack yet?
I am just wondering because sometimes VLC doesn't play videos properly. (no sound track, no picture but only sound, not possible to fast-forward, video doesn't play at all) I thought maybe this could be because VLC doesn't contain the newest DivX/Xvid version.
Posted: 10 May 2006 22:59
by Guest
DivX 6 files play fine, and there isn't a newer divx version.
Being unable to fast-forward is usually due to a parital file (incomplete download) and no video at all probably means the file is not divx.
Posted: 12 May 2006 07:41
by jacoby
Various DivX version have a lot more to do with encoding than with decoding.
There should be minimal effect on playback/decoding from one encoder to the next, since its all mpg4.