README

November 21, 2023 ยท View on GitHub

  1. Introduction

Xvid is a high performance and high quality MPEG-4 video de-/encoding solution.

The Xvid package currently consists of four parts:

  • xvidcore: the main MPEG-4 de-/encoding library.

  • examples: xvid_decraw and xvid_encraw de-/encoder example programs.

  • dshow: windows direct show decoder filter which links against xvidcore to allow MPEG-4 playback on Windows based OS.

  • vfw: video for windows GUI.

  1. Documentation
  • xvidcore/doc/README: some general information.
  • xvidcore/doc/INSTALL: building and installing instructions.
  1. Licensing:
  • Xvid is licensed as a whole under the terms of the Xvid license described in the file LICENSE. This is true for all files belonging to Xvid except for those which specifically carry a different license header.