Video Codec Shootout
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 03/11/2004 05:00 PM [ Print | 4 comment(s) ] · 4224 views
ExtremeTech have thrown up their Video Codec Shootout using the following codec's DivX 5.1.1 , Windows Media Video 9 , QuickTime 6.5/Sorenson3 and QuickTime 6.5/MPEG-4! Here's a snip.
There are simply too many video codecs out there for us to test them all -- and most of them wouldn't be useful anyway. We focused on four codecs, all of which are free and can be used with free tools. (Or very cheap ones ? QuickTime requires a $30 Pro registration for full encoding capabilities.)
You don't want to pay $500 for a professional video authoring program just to send grandma a video of baby's first steps, so we stuck with these four very popular codecs:
Video Codec Shootout
There are simply too many video codecs out there for us to test them all -- and most of them wouldn't be useful anyway. We focused on four codecs, all of which are free and can be used with free tools. (Or very cheap ones ? QuickTime requires a $30 Pro registration for full encoding capabilities.)
You don't want to pay $500 for a professional video authoring program just to send grandma a video of baby's first steps, so we stuck with these four very popular codecs:
Video Codec Shootout
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Mmm_Beefy Member Posts: 51 Joined: 2002-12-17 |
#51868 Posted on: 03/11/2004 05:26 PM
kinda disappointed they didnt include Xvid in the review  |
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SBeaver Unregistered |
#51872 Posted on: 03/11/2004 07:06 PM
And not Nero either |
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FailedCRC Unregistered |
#51878 Posted on: 03/11/2004 09:46 PM
well, we all know XviD would win anyway  |
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Chernobyl Member Posts: 65 Joined: 2003-05-03 |
#51882 Posted on: 03/12/2004 10:00 AM
Completely useless review for me. I use XVid and MPeg1/2. I dont need anything else and to not include XVid in the review may be Bias. In which case I wouldnt trust the review anyway. ;) |
