[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS documentation.html,1.367,1.368

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 08:40:20AM +0100, Gabucino wrote:
> Arpi wrote:
> > > -  <LI>mpeg4 - ISO standard MPEG-4 (DivX 4/5, OpenDivX, XVID compatible)</LI>
> > > +  <LI>mpeg4 - ISO standard MPEG-4 (DivX 5, XVID compatible)</LI>
> > why?
> 'cause you told me DivX4 isn't MPEG4 compatible. And indeed it is not.
> (See -vc divx4vfw playing MPEG4 files sig11)

Yes, it doesn't support all mpeg4 features. However many users want to
know if encoding with lavc will generate files they can watch with
divx4. And the answer is of course yes, as long as you don't use
advanced options like qpel, b frames, etc.

Rich