What codec do you people use the most?

XviD isn't an option since it has worse quality than DivX5 by equal bitrate (XviD has no bidirectional encoding for example). They're working well in the dev branch, with smaller sizes and more flexibility than DivX 5 (you can have 8 B-frames in a row if the source allows it, XviD decides dynamically whether it should insert them or not). That's the point of XviD - flexibility. The second thing is that "it is not DivX" when you understand what I mean. That's true, it's the same MPEG-4 video, just without the bugs :) It's kinda "the codec for freaks" or "the codec for people that want to be different". Or the codec for people who like to be able to customize things. It's like Windows compared to the Mac. (*nix would be MoMuSys in this analogy). I like DivX and all, there are just too many bugs which have gone uncorrected for too long. -h

Realmedia 

sorry guys - why isn't Realvideo9 in the option list? I don't have the feeling that it's not worth mentioning! ;) [atx]

I use SBC. Though I like xvid :)

Hi- I agree that this is a worthwhile poll. I also agree that RV9 should be included. And I also agree that it should be in the General Discussion Forum. If you agree to make those changes Psymaster, let me know here, and I or Acaila will delete this thread after you've started a new poll thread in General Discussion. Is that OK? Can we vote twice?

1) Polls can be edited by moderators. 2) This thread can be moved to another section and not need to be deleted. I'll let you do the honors Manono :) (Just be sure to do #1 before #2) Ps. My vote goes to XviD btw.

Thanks for adding RV9 there. Now, could people who vote "other" tell us what is that other? My guess is VP3.

I guess I'm the only when who is encoding his analogs caps to DivX4 (and CVD) :)

Well, I should have voted RealVideo9 and not Divx5 because I'm using it more often - but only because I'm encoding one or two Simpsons Episodes (analog captures) per day that look great with RM9 620kbit (including 64kbit audio). I'm using Divx5 for everything else - I guess I'm not using xvid because I'm lazy and I can achieve good results with Divx5 ;)

I just started using Xvid because I like the open source and Divx at the time had problems with HDTV resolutions. Then I just got in the habit. But I didn't realize I was now in the majority. - Tom