# Codec formats

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codec-formats/107107
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 3, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codec-formats/107107 "2002-05-03T17:43:46Z")
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### Author: ![timjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@timjw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timjw)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codec-formats/107107/1 "2002-05-03T17:43:46Z")

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Is there a video codec for ICM.DIV3?

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### Author: ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codec-formats/107107/2 "2002-05-03T21:10:19Z")

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Yes, that is the DivX;-)3.11Alpha codec. The DivX5 codec from [www.divx.com](http://www.divx.com) should do the job quite well.

The FourCC codes DIV3, DIV4, DIV5, and XVID all refer to different versions/variations of DivX.