%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ XviD-&xvid-version; XviD Introduction to <application>XviD</application> XviD is an MPEG-4 compliant video CODEC. Package information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 Sum: &xvid-md5-sum; 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 Now, as the root user: make install && chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.a && ln -v -sf libxvidcore.so.4.0 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4 && ln -v -sf libxvidcore.so.4 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so Command explanations ln -v -sf 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 Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories None libxvidcore.[so,a] None Short Descriptions libxvidcore.[so,a] provides functions to encode and decode most MPEG-4 video data. libxvidcore.[so,a]