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6th August 2020, 12:51 | #1 | Link |
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XviD on Windows 10 without the junk installer?
These newer versions of XviD are bloated and have some sort of horrible junk installer.
Is there a version of XviD for Windows 10 without the bloated installer? Will older versions of XviD (v 1.22 or older) work on Windows 10? Which do you think was the best build of XviD? |
7th August 2020, 20:08 | #4 | Link | |
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1) compile yourself the Xvid DLLs and install them manually through the registry; 2) use xvid_encraw.exe; 3) forget Xvid and use the olde and goode DivX 6.9.2 |
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12th August 2020, 01:03 | #7 | Link | |
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My ancient P3 Coppermine machine still does most things I do, but it sure does not play HD videos. So whenever I come across a HD AVC clip I convert it to SD MPEG4 ASP (XviD), and it looks pretty good to me. I either use an FFmpeg build with libXviD enabled or an old CelticDruid build of XviD (I never liked the Koepi builds). Wouldn't want to live without it... |
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16th August 2020, 00:21 | #8 | Link |
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The cost of energy to
a) Transcode this b) Operate an old P3 Coppermine would quickly be saved by the cost of a modern inexpensive media streaming device, like a cheap Android TV settop box, a Roku, or an Amazon FireTV, or even a Rasberry Pi! But hey, nothing wrong with throwing away perfectly working stuff if you don't mind the inefficiency. Eventually it becomes exotic enough that you can be a successful YouTuber |
16th August 2020, 02:16 | #9 | Link |
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Yeah, you are not the first one to call me "exotic"...
Of course I do own a streaming box (Xtreamer Sidewinder) connected to my old CRT TV which handles AVC HD clips just fine (It does not handle HEVC, but I do not care for HEVC anyways). And I own 3 medium age Thinkpads (T410, T510, T530) with Core i5 CPUs which handle pretty much everything I throw at them. But I am a person who tends to get attached to technical things just as much as to human beings. My ancient desktop Big Tower machine is originally from 1993, most components have been replaced several times, but it still has its original power supply, and it still boots from a 5.25" floppy. The mainboard is from 2001, and there is no upgrade path since it is a Baby AT. But it is by far the most reliable computer I ever owned, and I will keep it as long as possible. Compared to modern computers its power consumption is very low, and it has not the slightest tendency to overheat during days like these (almost 30° Celsius room temperature). I already mentioned my CRT TV set which I will not replace by a modern LCD or OLED just for its natural skin tones. My motorcycle is a Yamaha XJ 900 from 1991, it has 180.000 KM on its odometer without any major repairs. I just came back from a week long trip to Austria, Italy and Switzerland driving beautiful passes in the Alpes. Needless to say that I will keep this bike as long as I can get parts. My point is that I do not feel that I am missing anything by clinging to my old stuff. Call me "exotic" if you want... Last edited by manolito; 16th August 2020 at 16:05. |
5th October 2020, 15:26 | #10 | Link |
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Another potential use case (albeit an increasingly uncommon one) would be playback of SD video on an Original Xbox with XBMC4Xbox, as H.264 decoding is not perfect. Interestingly, this use case also involves a computing device with a P3 (equivalent) CPU
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5th October 2020, 15:35 | #11 | Link | |
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Alternative would be Fire tv stick.
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8th November 2022, 19:48 | #14 | Link |
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It works with Virtualdub and many other programs that don't accept x264/x265
Interoperability > performance. Every time.
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11th November 2022, 20:11 | #15 | Link |
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An installer that contains an unneeded DirectShow decoder plus a superfluous GUI for the Xvid DLL. https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...vid-1-3-3-(VFW)
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24th November 2022, 18:16 | #16 | Link | |
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This is a longstanding issue with the installer of the official Xvid build. Older Xvid 1.2.2 installers are less than 1 megabyte. https://www.videohelp.com/software/X...c/old-versions
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8th April 2023, 20:17 | #19 | Link | |
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So does generating 720x480/576 H.265 encodes from progressive 720x480/576 MPEG-2 DVD sources!
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