Xvid, the Glossary
Xvid (formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 video coding standard, specifically MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP).[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Avidemux, Berkeley Software Distribution, C (programming language), Compact disc, Comparison of open-source and closed-source software, Comparison of video codecs, Concurrent Versions System, Cross-platform software, DivX, DivX, LLC, DVD, DVD player, Fedora Project, Ffdshow, FFmpeg, Fork (software development), Free software, Global motion compensation, GNU General Public License, H.263, Libavcodec, Library (computing), Linux, List of codecs, Lumi masking, MacOS, Media player software, Microsoft Windows, Motion compensation, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPlayer, Obfuscation (software), Perian, Proprietary software, Quantization (image processing), Quarter-pixel motion, Red Hat, Sigma Designs, Slashdot, Software patent, The Inquirer, Trellis quantization, Video buffering verifier, Video codec, Video coding format, Video compression picture types, Video for Windows, VirtualDub, VLC media player, ... Expand index (1 more) »
- Free video codecs
Avidemux
Avidemux is a free and open-source software application for non-linear video editing and transcoding multimedia files.
Berkeley Software Distribution
The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.
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C (programming language)
C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language. Xvid and c (programming language) are cross-platform software.
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Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
Comparison of open-source and closed-source software
Free/open-source software – the source availability model used by free and open-source software (FOSS) – and closed source are two approaches to the distribution of software.
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Comparison of video codecs
Α video codec is software or a device that provides encoding and decoding for digital video, and which may or may not include the use of video compression and/or decompression.
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Concurrent Versions System
Concurrent Versions System (CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System) is a version control system originally developed by Dick Grune in July 1986.
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Cross-platform software
In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms.
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DivX
DivX is a brand of video codec products developed by DivX, LLC.
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DivX, LLC
DivX, LLC (also formerly known as DivXNetworks, Inc. and DiVX, Inc.) is a privately held video technology company based in San Diego, California.
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
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DVD player
A DVD player is a device that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards.
Fedora Project
The Fedora Project is an independent project to co-ordinate the development of Fedora Linux, a Linux-based operating system, operating with the vision of "a world where everyone benefits from free and open source software built by inclusive, welcoming, and open-minded communities." The project's mission statement is to create "an innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users".
Ffdshow
ffdshow is an open-source unmaintained codec library that is mainly used for decoding of video in the MPEG-4 ASP (e.g. encoded with DivX or Xvid) and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video formats, but it supports numerous other video and audio formats as well.
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FFmpeg
FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams.
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Fork (software development)
In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software.
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Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
Global motion compensation
Global motion compensation (GMC) is a motion compensation technique used in video compression to reduce the bitrate required to encode video.
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GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.
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H.263
H.263 is a video compression standard originally designed as a low-bit-rate compressed format for videotelephony.
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Libavcodec
libavcodec is a free and open-source library of codecs for encoding and decoding video and audio data.
Library (computing)
In computer science, a library is a collection of read-only resources that is leveraged during software development to implement a computer program.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Xvid and Linux are cross-platform software.
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List of codecs
The following is a list of compression formats and related codecs.
Lumi masking
Lumi masking (derived from luminance), also known as psychovisual enhancements or adaptive quantization, is a technique used by video compression software, which reduces quality in very bright or very dark areas of the picture, as quality loss in these areas is less likely to be visible.
MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.
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Media player software is a type of application software for playing multimedia computer files like audio and video files.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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Motion compensation
Motion compensation in computing is an algorithmic technique used to predict a frame in a video given the previous and/or future frames by accounting for motion of the camera and/or objects in the video.
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MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a group of international standards for the compression of digital audio and visual data, multimedia systems, and file storage formats.
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MPEG-4 Part 2
MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-4 Visual (formally ISO/IEC 14496-2) is a video compression format developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
MPlayer
MPlayer is a free and open-source media player software application.
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Obfuscation (software)
In software development, obfuscation is the act of creating source or machine code that is difficult for humans or computers to understand.
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Perian
Perian was a open-source QuickTime component that enabled Apple Inc.’s QuickTime to play several popular video formats not supported natively by QuickTime on macOS. Xvid and Perian are free video codecs.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
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Quantization (image processing)
Quantization, involved in image processing, is a lossy compression technique achieved by compressing a range of values to a single quantum (discrete) value.
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Quarter-pixel motion
Quarter-pixel motion (also known as Q-pel motion or Qpel motion) refers to using a quarter of the distance between pixels (or luma sample positions) as the motion vector precision for motion estimation and motion compensation in video compression schemes.
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Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. (formerly Red Hat Software, Inc.) is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises and is a subsidiary of IBM.
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Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs, Inc., was an American public corporation that designed and built high-performance system-on-a-chip semiconductor technologies for Internet-based set-top boxes, DVD players/recorders, high-definition televisions, media processors, digital media adapters, portable media players and home connectivity products.
Slashdot
Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for Nerds.
Software patent
A software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, libraries, user interface, or algorithm.
The Inquirer
The Inquirer (stylized as TheINQUIRER) was a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from The Register (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001.
Trellis quantization
Trellis quantization is an algorithm that can improve data compression in DCT-based encoding methods.
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Video buffering verifier
The Video Buffering Verifier (VBV) is a theoretical MPEG video buffer model, used to ensure that an encoded video stream can be correctly buffered, and played back at the decoder device.
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Video codec
A video codec is software or hardware that compresses and decompresses digital video.
Video coding format
A video coding format (or sometimes video compression format) is a content representation format of digital video content, such as in a data file or bitstream.
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Video compression picture types
In the field of video compression a video frame is compressed using different algorithms with different advantages and disadvantages, centered mainly around amount of data compression.
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Video for Windows
Video for Windows was a suite of video-playing and editing software introduced by Microsoft in 1992.
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VirtualDub
VirtualDub is a free and open-source video capture and video processing utility for Microsoft Windows written by Avery Lee.
VLC media player (previously the VideoLAN Client and commonly known as simply VLC) is a free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software and streaming media server developed by the VideoLAN project.
Winamp
Winamp is a media player for Microsoft Windows originally developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL in 1999 for $80 million.
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See also
Free video codecs
- AV1
- CineForm
- Daala
- Dirac (video compression format)
- FFV1
- Huffyuv
- Internet Video Coding
- Lagarith
- Libvpx
- NETVC
- OMS Video
- ORBX.js
- OpenH264
- Perian
- Theora
- Ut Video Codec Suite
- VP8
- VP9
- X264
- X265
- Xvid
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid
Also known as OpenDivX, Xvid codec.
, Winamp.