x264 codec - Better or not than XviD & DivX?

[cebu_tux]

It seems that some fan-sub groups are switching to this codec from XviD.
Notable group would be Kaizoku Fansub.
They have announced a few days ago that this would be the primary codec that they'll be using.
Would it have been better if they used the older codecs over this newer one?

Share your thoughts guys

*Mods: Not sure if this topic should be here or in the Manga & Anime section so please move this as you see fit but please put a notice...

[cebu_tux]

Side note: XBMC seems still uses the old h264 codec to decode x264 so you'll be experiencing sync problems in audio and video...

I haven't tried this on available Mpeg-4 capable DVD players here in Cebu but I doubt it will play...

[clintcan]

H264, XviD and DivX are all subsets of Mpeg4.

H264 has the best quality to compression ratio over the two. But it requires faster hardware.

[darkwing]

nope mpeg4 capable can't play the h264 codec yet, is this the MP4-AVC codec?

[cebu_tux]

nope mpeg4 capable can't play the h264 codec yet...

Sakto! Subset ra man gyud sa Mp4 ang ma-play sa mga Mp4 capable. Mao nang mangita gyud ka og player nga maka-play tanan.

Still waiting on the Xbox XBMC front nga magbutang sila og proper X264 codec and revise the H264 handler to be handled by X264.

[idlewild]

it depends on your source. IMHO, for live action, x264 stilll has a way to go. but it's pretty impressive when it comes to anime, even at half the bitrate of a regular XviD-encoded file.

x264 is an implementation of AVC (H.264), while XviD and DivX are implementations of MPEG-4 part 2.

[cebu_tux]

x264 won Doom9's 2005 codec shoot-out, passing Ateme by a hair

Conclusion

It was an exhausting 9 days but finally we are here at the end of the finals. Due to the difficulty in rating the main round, I tried to be even more anal about the whole process as in the past. I feared I might not be able to find differences, but fortunately I was proven wrong.

Ateme's encoder left a good impression in the Matrix 3 test in the main round, sharing the first place with x264 in both Matrix 3 and Steamboy. However, the results during the night scene in SPR mean that effectively it comes in second in the big picture.

x264, featured as negative usability example at the end of last year's codec comparison, managed to tie with Ateme's encoder on two occasions, and surpassing its most fierce competitor in SPR. It is thus our new winner.

XviD has once again proven its position as the leader of all ASP codecs. Tied in Steamboy (though that block change thing should give some food for thought, we've had that back in the old days - in SPR and the same scene that gave Ateme's encoder a lot of grief this time around), it manages to surpass DivX in the other two movies.

DivX 6.1 came in last in two out of three tests, and last tied with XviD in the third test. There's no doubt that DivX has made significant advancements and is getting closer to XviD, but it's still not there. And this may have been the last chance to beat XviD (see the future outlook).

[Isteb]

mas paspasan pa ko sa DivX & Xvid labi na kay 128 mb ra akong RAM, antique na akong pc

[idlewild]

just wait for CoreAVC. it claims to be 75% faster than ffdshow at decoding AVC content

[chagorio]

mas paspasan pa ko sa DivX & Xvid labi na kay 128 mb ra akong RAM, antique na akong pc

mao mao!! ako sad antigo na ako pc.....320mb ra ako...