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XVid and DivX

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Old 07-07-2005, 3:40 AM   #1
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Question XVid and DivX

What is different XVid and DivX ?
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Old 07-07-2005, 1:42 PM   #2
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I think that the Xvid people broke off from the DivX project at some point so their origins are the same. Last I heard, Xvid is open source, Divx is not.
Try www.xvid.org for more info.
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