xvid + divx watermark

[lex71x]

i was wondering why some xvid movies start out with the divx watermark? afaik there is only one xvid encoder.. but some dont have the watermark. there has to be some reverse algorithm to get rid of it from an avi, or would it require complex editing?

[HeadBangeR77]

i was wondering why some xvid movies start out with the divx watermark? afaik there is only one xvid encoder.. but some dont have the watermark. there has to be some reverse algorithm to get rid of it from an avi, or would it require complex editing?
The bloody watermark is added on decoding /playback by DivX decoder, so I guess you must decode your MPEG-4 videos with it. Just uncheck "decode all supported FOUR CC" (or an equivalent option) and everything should be fine. ;)

[setarip_old]

@lex71x

Hi!i was wondering why some xvid movies start out with the divx watermark?... but some dont have the watermark.You must have done something different when you created the ones that show the watermark versus those that don't.

What software and procedures did you use to create those that do show the watermark versus those that don't?

[lex71x]

it doesnt make sense that they would be decoded with divx, as they would not play at all before i installed the xvid codec to play them. i am sticking with autoGK, it has been the best program to use since it came out. the only difference has been an older version of avisynth while i used gordian knot, but i found that there was too many unnecessary steps and i was getting equivalent quality just using autogk. now i'm really confused why it is showing up when it is, since its theoretically only a playback issue i will have to go through and find the option to disable it...

[CWR03]

The option to disable it should readily prevent itself, since usually when you play a file being decoded with DivX and displaying the watermark the DivX tray icon appears, which you can right-click to change its settings and disable it.

[HeadBangeR77]

now i'm really confused why it is showing up when it is, since its theoretically only a playback issue i will have to go through and find the option to disable it...
I've assumed a playback issue, since it's the first and easiest step to get rid of the watermark. If my reasoning was false, and the logo is hardcoded in the video, you would have to play with filters like DeLogo, which I don't know, so I couldn't help you further.

My reasoning ;) : XviD decoder can't display such a watermark, unless it's hardcoded. And I have never seen any hardcoded DivX watermarks. The only decoder that adds this "nice & cool" feature is the DivX decoder (starting from some 5.X version and above).

[setarip_old]

it doesnt make sense that they would be decoded with divx, as they would not play at all before i installed the xvid codec to play them.So, I would ask you again, what software and procedures did you use to create those that do show the watermark versus those that don't?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

lex71x, use either MPlayer for Windows or VLC Media Player to play your files.
This will use lavc's MPEG-4 decoder, so there will be *no* logo added at decoding. That's for sure!
In case you still see the logo in MPlayer/VLC, it's encoded in the video file and cannot be removed, except re-encoding...