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**imkidd57** · 31-03-2008

Welcome to CD Freaks, soumya1323

First of all, some definitions are needed here:

DivX and Xvid are both codecs based on the MPEG4 standard.
DivX is now a commercial version
Xvid is free
AVI (.avi) is a file format which can contain many things - even MPEG2 - but usually contains the MPEG4-based DivX or XviD.
DivX people decided to make a new file format which has the extension .divx, and their officially-compatible players will look for this. However I suggest you try such a player with .avi files containing XviD encodings and I bet they'll work.

I'm afraid no-one can give you a short tutorial on this, but I hope the above will get you started. Meanwhile I'll transfer this query to the CD Freaks' Video Edit forum.

31-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
imkidd57 Senior Moderator & Editor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Fajara Posts: 7,474	Re: AVI to DIVX Welcome to CD Freaks, soumya1323 First of all, some definitions are needed here: DivX and Xvid are both codecs based on the MPEG4 standard. DivX is now a commercial version Xvid is free AVI (.avi) is a file format which can contain many things - even MPEG2 - but usually contains the MPEG4-based DivX or XviD. DivX people decided to make a new file format which has the extension .divx, and their officially-compatible players will look for this. However I suggest you try such a player with .avi files containing XviD encodings and I bet they'll work. I'm afraid no-one can give you a short tutorial on this, but I hope the above will get you started. Meanwhile I'll transfer this query to the CD Freaks' Video Edit forum.