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@@ -316,6 +316,45 @@ low-bitrate version of the well-known AC3 codec. It can be found either in
old and new RealMedia movies.</P>
+<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.6>2.2.2.6. XViD</A></B></P>
+
+<P><B>XViD</B> is another development from good old OpenDivX (first
+development was DivX4).</P>
+
+<P><B>Advantages</B> :
+ <UL>
+ <LI>opensource</LI>
+ <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so it's easy to add support for
+ it</LI>
+ <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI>
+ <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for
+ your box while compiling)</LI>
+ </UL>
+</P>
+
+<P><B>Disadvantages</B> :
+ <UL>
+ <LI>currently it doesn't properly decode all DivX/DivX4 files</LI>
+ <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at
+ compiletime</LI>
+ <LI>under development</LI>
+ </UL>
+</P>
+
+<P><B>Installation</B> : it's currently available only in CVS. Here are the
+ downloading and installation instructions :<BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid
+ login</CODE><BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co
+ xvidcore</CODE><BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
+ --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR>
+</P>
+
+
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>