Back in the early 2000s, before streaming and MP4s dominated the world, the XviD video codec was king. It was the open-source rival to DivX, a way to squeeze a DVD-quality movie onto a 700 MB CD-R. It was brilliant, but temperamental.
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It was a reminder that in a world of 4K streaming and instant access, the ghosts of the internet past still lingered. Sometimes, to see the future, you had to install the codecs of the past. Back in the early 2000s, before streaming and