Where is the xvid codec ?

[rick73]

Hello !
Avidemux 2.6.0 (r8226)
I wanted to use xvid codec. Video Output: Mpeg4 ASP (xvid4).
My info movie:

      ID : 0
      Format : MPEG-4 Visual
      Format profile : Advanced Simple@L4
      Format settings, BVOP : 2
      Format settings, QPel : No
      Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
      Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
      Codec ID : DIVX
      Codec ID/Info : Project Mayo
      Codec ID/Hint : DivX 4
      Duration : 5mn 59s
      Bit rate : 1 250 Kbps
      Width : 720 pixels
      Height : 400 pixels
      Display aspect ratio : 16:9
      Frame rate : 25.000 fps
      Color space : YUV
      Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
      Bit depth : 8 bits
      Scan type : Progressive
      Compression mode : Lossy
      Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.174
      Stream size : 53.6 MiB (89%)
      Writing library : XviD 64

Help please !   

[macduke]

Whatever they could say, the good xviD coder has been removed. Check http://avidemux.org/smuf/index.php?topic=11402.0

You can use Divx as it is (very simple without useful setting, like interlacing, etc.) or go back to 2.5.6-1.

Bye.

[styrol]

You can use Divx as it is

The encoder is not DivX as the displayed library shows:

Writing library : XviD 64

[macduke]

It's a little bit complicated:
Please try to convert any video using that coder and verify what's the output.
With Mediainfo:

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Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Advanced Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP                    : 2
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                                 : DIVX
Codec ID/Info                            : Project Mayo
Codec ID/Hint                            : DivX 4
Duration                                 : 51s 960ms
Bit rate                                 : 1 138 Kbps
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.198
Stream size                              : 7.05 MiB (86%)
Writing library                          : XviD 64


So it's Xvid coder with FourCC set to DivX...

...but still not the wanted Xvid coder in 2.5.6-1....

[Jan Gruuthuse]

Xvid

Xvid is an open-source MPEG-4 ASP video codec. Avidemux can optionally use external Xvid library for encoding if it was compiled with Xvid support.

source: Avidemux wiki: Xvid

[macduke]

Ok.

So next question is: why win versions (both 32 and 64 bit) have been NOT compiled with that free Xvid as done up to 2.5.6-1 ?

Really, I still don't understand why not....

Of course I can't compile on Win myself....

I understand that this good tool is for free but from your answer it seems that re-inserting the Xvid coder used in 2.5 is for free as well... why not in next nightly build?

[mean]

Try with a nightly i think xvid is there
(at least the 32 bits version)
http://www.avidemux.org/nightly/win32

[macduke]

Hi.
Tried today.
Release avidemux_r8289_win32 does NOT contain the requested Xvid coder.
I really don't understand why we don't agree that there's not anymore the Xvid coder included in 2.5.6 release...
The verification is very simple: it's enough to open the configuration for Xvid in 2.5.6-1 and 2.6.x for verifying that there's a big difference.

Decided to not include the Xvid coder included in 2.5.6-1 in 2.6 branch? That's ok. It's up to the developers.
Decided to include the Xvid in 2.5.6-1 in following releases of 2.6.x? I'm very happy.
Declaring that the Xvid coder included in 2.6 branch is the same included in 2.5 branch? I don't agree at all.

[dinolib]

The "original" XviD is included during compile if the XviD source code is included by packager.
I don't who compiled your win32 binary, maybe they don't included it.

I've compiled 2.6 for linux from svn, I have the XviD sources, and avidemux 2.6 has the "Mpeg4 ASP (xvid4)" video codec