in the codecs.conf file i altered the following
the bold text shows what i added
now the other codec is used and the video renders faster
videocodec ffodivx
info "FFmpeg MPEG-4"
status working
fourcc DIVX,divx
fourcc DIV1,div1 divx
fourcc MP4S,mp4s ; ISO MPEG-4 Video V1
fourcc M4S2,m4s2
fourcc xvid,XVID,XviD,XVIX
fourcc DX50,BLZ0 DX50
fourcc mp4v
format 0x4
fourcc UMP4
fourcc 3IV2,3iv2 ; 3ivx Delta 4
format 0x10000004 ; mpeg 4 es
driver ffmpeg
dll mpeg4 ;opendivx
out YV12,I420,IYUV