XviD is an open source codec for MPEG4. It will enable you to play the videos available in this format with your usual player like Media Player Classic, Zoom Player, PowerDVD or Windows Media Player. XviD video codec will also allow you to encode your own videos in MPEG4 format, according to industry standards, using a suitable program such as VirtualDub, Avid Free DV, Adobe Premiere, etc. The proposed settings allow beginners to easily encode their videos using the available profiles. More experienced users, in turn, will profoundly change the settings of these profiles to refine the encoding according to their specific needs. Anyway, the quality of encoding is significantly higher than the DivX codec. You can download it for free here.
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