What is Xvid Video Codec?
By Xvid Team
What is it?
Xvid, formerly XviD is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard and 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. Primarily due to concerns over patents, the official Xvid web site does not provide binary versions of the Xvid codec. However, it does link to supporting web sites that provide Video for Windows codecs.
Typical installation path: C:\Program Files\xvid\
Description from Xvid Team“Xvid is a video codec for PC, whereas codec is an abbreviation for [co]der/[dec]oder, hence describes a program to encode and decode digital video. The purpose of encoding video data is to reduce redundancies – that means to make it smaller for faster transmission over computer networks or for more efficient storage on computer disks. Hence, Xvid can somewhat be seen as a ZIP for video. But unlike ZIP, Xvid is not lossless. That means that a video after compression and decompression with Xvid won't be identical to the original source. Typically however, a difference to the source is visually imperceptible. Since Xvid is Free Software released under the GNU GPL license, you can obtain Xvid free of charge, without time or feature limitations. Also the Xvid source code is publically available and can be reviewed by any interested programmer. Because of this, Xvid provides many advantages also to users.”
Publisher about URL: http://www.xvid.org/
Files installed by Xvid Video Codec
- autoupdate-windows.exe
- AviC.exe
- CheckUpdate.exe
- MiniCalc.exe
- MiniConvert.exe
- OGMCalc.exe
- StatsReader.exe
- uninstall.exe
- vidccleaner.exe
- xvid_encraw.exe
Files installed by Xvid Team
- autoupdate-windows.exe (Xvid Video Codec by Xvid Team)
How to Automatically Uninstall Xvid Video Codec (with Boost)
If you you do not have Boost installed yet, download Boost and enjoy your PC.
Open Boost by either double-clicking the Boost icon 
in your notification area next to your PC's clock, or single-clicking the Boost icon and clicking the Open Boost button on the top left of the Boost notification window.
If you are not currently on the My PC screen of the main Boost window, click the My PC tab.
Click the Optimize programs button 
, this will launch the Program Optimization screen.
Locate the program in the list called Xvid Video Codec by Xvid Team. (The program could be listed under any of the section such as Uninstall Recommended, Possible Uninstall, etc. based on how well Xvid Video Codec performs on your PC.)
Xvid Video Codec by Xvid Team
To the right of the list item, click the Uninstall 
button and Boost will completely remove Xvid Video Codec from your PC.
How to Manually Uninstall Xvid Video Codec (with Windows)
Use Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows makes to uninstall Xvid Video Codec. Follow the appropriate instructions below to use this control panel.
Windows 7
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Large or Small icon view, click Programs and Features. If you're using Category view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select Xvid Video Codec from the list of programs, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows Vista
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
In Classic View, double-click Programs and Features. In Control Panel Home view, under "Programs", click Uninstall a program.
Select Xvid Video Codec from the program list, and click Uninstall. Alternatively, right-click the program and select Uninstall.
Windows XP
From the Start menu, select Control Panel.
Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
Select Xvid Video Codec from the list of programs and click Remove.