What is Xvid Video Codec?

Xvid Video Codec is software application developed by Xvid Team. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.30% of installations running this operating system. Xvid Video Codec's installer is typically 6.00 MB in size and installs around 96 files. The most common release is 1.3.2 with 82.94% of all installations currently using this version.

Xvid Video Codec is most popular in the United States with 39.14% of installations residing in this country.

Xvid Video Codec adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Xvid Video Codec is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Xvid Video Codec?

Xvid is an advanced video codec library that adheres to the MPEG-4 standard, specifically the MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It incorporates a range of ASP features including b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG, and custom quantization matrices. It is designed to provide high-quality video compression while maintaining standards compliance.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

autoupdate-windows.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Xvid\autoupdate-windows.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

autoupdate-windows.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A1D4E27F-EB7D-4E0D-A203-56CD83E6159B}' (runs on registration).
AviC.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E172B339-6E92-4CA6-9785-247D31A03CD7}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Xvid

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\Xvid\uninstall.exe

Size:

6.00 MB

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