Why not Xvid? [was codec optimization]

[José Antonio]

What about Xvid? It is open source and is the better codec in CPU resources
use and quality...

On 2/27/07, Chih-Chung Chang <jochang at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/27/07, Albert Cahalan <acahalan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/26/07, Chih-Chung Chang <jochang at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 2/26/07, Albert Cahalan <acahalan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > (BTW, I can imagine a fine low-CPU codec. You can use
> > > > 100% P-frames w/o motion vectors if the decompressor
> > > > is carefully specified regarding rounding. Start the stream
> > > > with an implied solid-color frame, probably grey. Cuts and
> > > > joins can be done anywhere at the cost of one or two
> > > > recompressed frames.)
> > >
> > > I think this can be done by using the INTER_NOMV mode in Theora.
> >
> > That sounds like I-frames, not P-frames. P-frames depend on
> > preceding frames. Normally you can't keep going with them
> > forever because round-off errors in the decoder will accumulate.
> > If the decoder is more standardized though, the encoder could
> > determine exactly what the decoder is using as a reference.
>
> The coding mode for I-frames is INTRA. INTER_NOMV (and other modes)
> are for P-frames. The IDCT in Theora is specified exactly.
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