Why not Xvid? [was codec optimization]

[Jim Gettys]

Yes, it supports mmx.
                - Jim


On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 04:30 +0100, salsaman wrote:
> Ivan Krstić wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >
> >  
> >
> Like I said in a previous mail, there is theora-mmx, which is several 
> times faster than the standard libtheora. I never got a reply to my 
> query whether the laptop supports mmx. If so, then has anybody tried it 
> out yet ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Gabriel.
> http://lives.sourceforge.net
> 
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Jim Gettys
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