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Description:
High-performance, high-quality MPEG-4 video library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: video codec mpeg-4 multimedia encoding

Install: brew install xvid

About:
Xvid is an open-source MPEG-4 video codec library that implements the MPEG-4 Part 2 Simple Profile standard. It provides high-quality video compression and decompression capabilities, enabling efficient storage and transmission of video data. The library is widely used for encoding video into the AVI container format and is known for its balance of compression efficiency and playback performance.

Key Features:

High-performance MPEG-4 encoding and decoding
Open-source implementation under GNU GPL license
Support for advanced features like B-frames and global motion compensation
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Compressing video files for reduced storage space
Encoding video for compatibility with legacy devices and software
Video processing pipelines requiring efficient MPEG-4 codec

Alternatives:

x264 – x264 encodes to the more modern H.264/AVC standard, offering better compression efficiency but requiring more computational resources
libvpx – libvpx provides VP8/VP9 codecs, which are royalty-free and web-optimized, but may have different hardware support profiles

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