Few video producers ever would have guessed that the term codec would become a household term, but with so many codecs on the market, average computer users have little choice but to be painfully ...

A typical Linux system is largely comprised of unrestricted, open-source software. But some of the most popular software around is either closed-source or open-source, but restricted by patents.

One of the more prominent codecs is Xvid, an open-source MPEG-4 video codec that has gained a reputation (at least afaik) for possessing high compression and being widely supported. But downloading ...