IMPORTANT: This multimedia format is supported by the INTERACT Player natively, so select the INTERACT Player for instant playback.
The following instructions and configuration details are only applicable if you decide to activate the Windows Player instead!
Xvid is an open-source compression codec-based on MPEG-4 ISO format. Xvid is a primary competitor of the DivX Pro Codec. In contrast with the DivX codec, which is proprietary software developed by DivX, Inc., Xvid is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
The original XVID codec called 'koepis-xvid-mpeg4-codec' does a far better job at handling this type of videos than the commercial DivX. It provides accurate time information and allows for better frame accurate video controlling than any other codec (even ffdshow cannot keep up here, because it always slips 1 frame during playback).
IMPORTANT: Make sure you DO NOT use the AAC compression for your the audio track! This makes your video incontrollable.
Install and activate Xvid
Once you have installed Xvid, you are able to select this format as your output format in many video editors and converter applications as well.
If XVID is not available:
▪Run the Mangold_VideoDrivers_V14.exe
or
▪Install the XviD codec from www.xvid.org.
To direct Windows to use this XVID codec instead of the default Codec:
▪Start the Win7SDFilterTweaker.
▪Click Preferred Decoders.
The upcoming dialog offers a list of all recognized video formats and per format the available codec alternatives:
Only the 32 bit codecs are important!
▪Make sure you select the Xvid option underneath the XVID decoder type (do the same for the DIVX decoder while you are at it).
▪Click Apply & Close to activate the change(s) and click Exit in the next window (no further changes required for this).
Note: For DIVX videos you need to use the XVID codec for playback to get rid of a slipping frame issue.
Depending on the exact settings used for your video you might need to tweak your settings a bit differently.
If you plan on using the XviD codec as a stand alone codec (in case you have just INTERACT to worry about), you should select the XviD codec as displayed in the picture above.
WARNING: Should you be running multiple Mangold products, like LogSquare or MangoldVision as well, the special export functionalities of those products require the usage of ffdshow, even for XviD videos.
In that case you need to select ffdshow for playback of the XviD videos.
Use ffdshow for Xvid playback
Because the default XviD codec supplied by ffdshow does not handle Xvids as well as the original XviD codec does, you need to tweak the codec settings within ffdshow as well:
▪If not already available, install the ffdshow package (included in the Mangold_VideoDrivers_V14.exe).
▪Open the ffdshow video decoder configuration window.
▪Change the Xvid Format decoder to Xvid
▪Confirm your changes with OK.
Now the system uses ffdshow for playback, but ffdshow does use the Xvid decoder to control your video.