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      2 days ago

      that’s divx. xvid is h263, or mpeg-4 part 2. it’s all a bit muddled but xvid was started by divx as an open platform, it’s gplv2 but it uses a bunch of patented code.

      like everything in the video world, it’s needlessly convoluted and bogged down by red tape.