Xvid codecs vs ffdshow vs ffdshow-tryouts

Mike M. wrote on 12/3/2010, 8:34 PM

I've thoroughly confused myself (again) on the whole Xvid thing.

What I'm wondering is what the difference is between mainly the plain xvid codec or the ffdshow which I think has the xvid decode ability?

From what I understand;

1. The Xvid codec (and all its developer variations) is used for both encoding and decoding

2. ffdshow is for decoding xvid and a variety of other formats
3. ffdshow-tryouts is based on the original ffdshow and is still being developed.

If I'm wrong, please help me out.

So......

As far as using Vegas, which "package" is best for both encode and decoding and what about x64 versions?

Thanks for the comments

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 12/3/2010, 8:44 PM

Correct. Use the xvid package if you're not going to use ffdshow-tryouts, but use only ffdshow-tryouts if you're going to use that for xvid too -- otherwise they collide. Don't use the old ffdshow.

Mike M. wrote on 12/3/2010, 8:54 PM

Ah, I was hoping you'd answer Eugenia. I'm always amazed at your expertise (when are you going to put out a book?)

Anyway, are you saying that ffdshow-tryouts will encode (using Vegas Pro) and decode as well?

I saw they have a beta 7 version, but I'm not sure about it or if it will work in a 64 bit environment?

(Edit): Any recommendations on builds?

Thanks again

Eugenia wrote on 12/5/2010, 12:31 AM

It will work. Make sure you download a 32bit version, because Vegas is 32bit.