Convert XVID to WMA
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Converting xvid to wma
xvid
Extension | .xvid |
Category | 🔵 video |
Description | 🔵 .xvid (Xvid Video Codec) The .xvid format is not a file format per se, but rather a codec, which stands for 'compressor-decompressor.' Xvid is an open-source video codec library following the MPEG- video coding standard, particularly MPEG- Part Advanced Simple Profile (ASP). It offers a high compression rate and can be used to compress video files to make them smaller while maintaining high visual quality. Xvid compressed files can be stored in different container formats like AVI or MKV. It's a popular format for the distribution of movies and TV shows over the internet due to its efficiency and compatibility with many media players and devices. |
Technical details | 🔵 The Xvid codec, an open-source MPEG-4 video codec, is used within various multimedia containers like AVI, MKV, MP4. Key features include: - MPEG-4 Compliance: Fully adheres to MPEG-4 standards, ensuring compatibility with most MPEG-4 supportive devices. - High Compression Efficiency: Known for reducing file sizes while maintaining good video quality, beneficial for streaming and downloading over limited bandwidth. - Quality: Provides high-quality video at lower bit rates, optimizing file size and visual quality. - Open Source: Distributed under the GNU General Public License, allowing free use and modification. - Variable Bit Rate (VBR) Encoding: Supports VBR, adjusting bitrate dynamically for efficient quality and size. - Adaptive Compression Techniques: Utilizes advanced methods like B-frames, quarter-pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, and GMC for enhanced efficiency. - Cross-Platform Compatibility: Available on various operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. - Peer-to-Peer Network Popularity: Favored for sharing videos on P2P networks due to its balance of quality and file size. - Container Format Compatibility: Commonly used within container formats like AVI, with occasional use of the .xvid extension. - Advanced Features: Supports interlaced video, quantization matrices, and custom quantization. - Modern Limitations: Surpassed by newer codecs like H.264 and H.265 in terms of compression efficiency and device support. Xvid's significance lies in its early contributions to digital video compression and file sharing, though its prominence has waned with the emergence of newer codecs. |
Windows Media Audio File
Extension | .wma |
Category | 🔵 audio |
Programs | 🔵 Microsoft Windows Media Player 🔵 VLC media player 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Microsoft Zune 🔵 Winamp 🔵 Apple QuickTime Player |
Description | 🔵 A format of audio stream coding deployed by Microsoft in 1999, it has been serving as a foundation for Windows Media. Its purpose is to store and distribute audio content. Firstly, it was considered a real alternative for MP3, but then, when ACC appeared, WMA partially lost its significance. It differs fundamentally from MP3 by one realization and can be installed on an equal basis with other system codecs of Windows 9x. A good compression quality characterizes WMA, and therefore it has been adapted later for many audio players, mobile devices, and Playstations. However, due to excessive closure, files in this format cannot be played back on other platforms with satisfactory quality. The new version allows for multi-channel coding of large audio files and coding of voice data. In addition to that, the delay in coding has been significantly diminished thanks to the technology of reduced time dilation. |
Technical details | 🔵 The name of WMA is being used simultaneously for the file format and the codec. There are some types of the format:
According to Microsoft programmers, an audio file of 64 Kbit/s bitrate has a similar sound clarity as the tracks from the original CD. However, some of advanced users do not share such views. Most often, WMA files are generated in Advanced Systems Format which contains both audio and video content. One of the failures is the impossibility to support bitrate of more than 160Kbit/s. |
Developer | 🔵 Microsoft |
MIME type | 🔵 audio/x-ms-wma |