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Debbs
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_ 		8. July 2004 @ 22:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,
Could any1 plz explain how XviD works? Cus if I understand it better, I should be asking a lot less stupid questions :) lol

An algorithmic approach would be highly appreciated.

thnx in adv.
Enjoy!
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shiroh
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_ 		9. July 2004 @ 00:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
as far as my knowledge, its not up to the algorithm, yet :P

you could download the source code and see for yourself.

http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=0e5a9ff38cb677096f2b8452422d134c&forumid=52

doom9 forum, they hate newbie question, so browse around first and use the search function

http://www.vslcatena.nl/~ronald/docs/xvidfaq.html

xvid"s unofficial faq or crusty's faq. unfortunately the server is down currently
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Debbs
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_ 		9. July 2004 @ 03:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not upto the Algorithm :-?

In my original post, what I meant was, when one says XviD compresses Matrix better than, say another movie, on what basis is this judgement pronounced :-? So basically how does XviD compress a movie? what factors in XviD determine a movie quality :-?

thx in adv.
njoy!
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shiroh
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_ 		9. July 2004 @ 04:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the algorithm, from the source sode, is a bunch of math. i'm still in first year uni and learning calculus. so my math knowledge is not super, yet :P hopefully.


how ?
i already responded in the other thread. briefly :P
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