New Xvid FAQ...feedback requested.

DAMN NICE FAQ... !!!

Very well organized format, I'll have to do a full review this weekend.

Hehe, I put the link to your FAQ in the forum XviD FAQ (I did the mistake and took a short look what's currently in our FAQ. Amazing. I thought my last changes were some weeks ago. Damn. How fast weeks add up to months ;) ). I still have some points to add (don't think i'm a jerk, I just want to help): - most distracting from the content is for me to read "usefull" - it's "useful", with 1 "l". I know. That's picky from me. - B2: my builds now don't even need a mmx capable CPU, I'm quite sure. though I wouldn't understand why anyone would use a 486 for encoding/decoding. - B4: Gamr's builds are also insta-builds (=automatically compiled if CVS changes are detected, checking interval is the same is uManiacs, 20 minutes if I'm not mistaken). With all the consequences you mentioned for uManiac ;) - D1: Loading defaults isn't mandatory after installation of newer (means: 1.0-xxx-...) builds. The registry settings will get dleted upon installation, and thus with the first codec usage the defaults get loaded anyways :) But - if you run into troubles, "load defaults" and doing the coec setup again might help as well. Well, those are some points which i've noticed in my current, fast review (no time as usual :( ). I hope this helps, and keep up the good work! Thanks, regards Koepi

Roger, will update asap. Any other non-MPEG-4 compliant stuff besides what I put in C15 ? EDIT: Replaced al 'usefull' with 'useful' B2: removed mmx requiremnet B4: Added GamR and mention about CVS-tree D1: Altered it a bit, check it now. @ RadicalEd below: If WMV(9) isn't MPEG-4, what is it then?

WMV 9 was incorrectly listed as an mpeg 4 codec.

I meant to send him my updated NSIS script - but before i could do that, ReactOS took over my partition table :( It'll be some major work to get innosetup/istool running on his WINE, but if he's online again (i haven't seen him for some weeks online) i'll send him the _new_ installer system script. But well, if you know the restrictions which apply support-wise to insta-builds, is it really necessary to mention? Someone not familiar with xvid shouldn't even _think_ about an instabuild. Just my 2 bucks :P Regards Koepi P.S.: hey crusty, does "schmoptions" imply anything in dutch? Because I don't get the joke :-/ Maybe i'm too much technical orientated though. (Btw., the thing about that "usefull"-stuff is just meant friendly. I got some very unfriendly emails when i wrote usefull in the ancient XviD Options Explained... I want you to be safe from such feedback.)

Very nice indeed! Good work, crusty! :)

hi there, just caught this nice thread and started reading the faq, it's very late here though and i'm sleepy, so i only took a quick glance at it (and got up to A4) everything i say is to be taken as suggestions in good faith, not nitpicking or complaining :) -inconsistencies: xvid and GNU/Linux! (i know the average guy who stamble's into the faq uses window$, but that doesn't mean everyone using linux is an xvid/mpeg-4/video encoding/decoding guru... - at least clarify that you are talking about xvid for window$ from the beginning) (also sorry if i missed anything, i just hit find 'linux/unix' and came up with nothing, will read the whole thing tomorrow) (i'm willing to try and figure out some very basic q&a if you want) -Spelling (or syntax) errors: Foreword "explanations of Xvid options tended to be rather short and cryptic (if there was one at all)" --> if there were any at all A1 "GNU Public License" --> GNU General Public License A2 "( or more accurately to program chain that contains the codec)" --> (or more accurately to the/a program chain that contains the codec) "-Then the codec does it decompressing " --> -Then the codec does it's decompressing keep at it man ;)

Maybe something like this could be added ??? -> Bye