Mpeg4 Codec

[Carl G.]

Here's an interesting item about Microsoft's handling of standards, regarding Mpeg4:

· Can I encode some videos in Microsoft's MPEG-4 V1/V2 format and then play them with the XviD codec or vice-versa?

No, you can't. Despite the name, MS MPEG-4 is not really MPEG-4 - rather it's Microsoft's own proprietary randition of the MPEG-4 format and incompatible to the ISO standard. So unfortunately, XviD and MS MPEG-4 don't interoperate.

(from Xvid FAQ located at:
http://www.xvid.org/modules.php?op=m...es&id_cat=1#q1

[Bob L]

So... what else is new?

Bob L

[AudioAstronomer]

So... what else is new?

Bob L

The fact that someone understands something about one of MS's 'standards'?

[SoundSuite]

*busted*