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jb3funk
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_ 		26. March 2006 @ 01:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi guys!am new to this site but it really looks cool!i do alot of converting ye and i was wondering is there a difference between divx and xvid and avi and what is the difference and also i was thinking of buying a divx dvd player and would that player play xvid and avi files too?
thanks!!!
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celtic_d
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_ 		26. March 2006 @ 05:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DivX is an MPEG-4 Part 2 video codec, XviD is also an MPEG-4 Part 2 video codec. However they are not the same. Just two implimentations of the same specs.

avi is a container format. .DivX is also a container format. It is based/hacked on AVI and is backwards compatible.

A DivX certified player will play an XviD AVI, provided that it is encoded with a matching profile. Also in some cases it needs to have a DivX FourCC to work.
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