%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ XviD-&xvid-version; Introduction to <application>XviD</application> XviD is a MPEG-4 compliant video CODEC. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &xvid-size; Estimated Disk space required: &xvid-buildsize; Estimated build time: &xvid-time; <application>XviD</application> dependencies Optional Installation of <application>XviD</application> Install XviD by running the following commands: cd build/generic && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install && ln -sf libxvidcore.so.4.0 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4 && ln -sf libxvidcore.so.4 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so Command explanations ln -s libxvidcore.so.4 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so: This command makes applications linked against .so names, link to .so.MAJOR. This ensures better binary compatibility, as XviD developers take care not changing the MAJOR number until there is an incompatible ABI change. Contents The XviD core package contains the libxvidcore library. Description libxvidcore libxvidcore provides functions to encode and decode most MPEG-4 video data.