Why not Xvid? [was codec optimization]

[Ivan Krstić]

salsaman wrote:
> Yes, but surely the point is *why not use theora and vorbis*?

They're quite slow. Last I heard, Theora in particular was practically
unusable on the machines, depending on a clip's frame rate and
resolution. This is a known problem as Theora's notoriously unoptimized,
but it's a real problem for us.

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