Which is The Best Video Codec

Ugeorge · May 24th, 2005, 08:43 PM

I'm trying to encode videos, but they are too big, if I make them smaller the quality becomes very poor. I was wondering what codec Vuk uses, his captures are perfect and rather small. If you have any suggestions please reply.

hokiethang · May 24th, 2005, 09:11 PM

Xvid is the codec used for the newer videos on this site.

Cruzz563 · May 24th, 2005, 10:39 PM

like hokie said XviD is the current codec he uses, for a guide go to:
www.doom9.org

Download Auto GordianKnot, if they don't have that anymore get GordianKnot and read their guide they have there images/smilies/smile.gif

TechZ · May 25th, 2005, 09:09 AM

doom9.org do codec shootouts every year, and xvid usually is the most compatible one out there, also very tweakable.

Ugeorge · May 25th, 2005, 12:21 PM

Thanks guys. I have one more question. Can you suggest a sample configuration of the codec something like two pass, which could improve the quality of the video. Thanks in advance.

TechZ · May 26th, 2005, 11:10 AM

what exactly are you trying to do? DVD-->AVI ? Or just MPEG-->AVI ?

Ugeorge · May 26th, 2005, 01:51 PM

I'm trying to capture from DV Camcorder. The quality is perfect when the film is in DV format(which makes 4GB-s for 18 minutes). And I want to compress it. I used XviD, it's not bad, but not as good as the top gear-s and fifth gear-s RIPS. I used 2400 kbps and the quality is similar, but top gear is at about 800 kbps. That's the problem.

TechZ · May 26th, 2005, 08:02 PM

with those high res DV cams, you might want to stay up there in the quality chain and go for DVD quality (MPEG2), xvid/divx is for highly compressed stuff, yes you can use very high bit rates, but its so much easier to burn to a dvd using mpeg2, and it retains a very good amount of quality, your cam mustve come with some software for that?

What applications are you using at the moment?

roaming · May 27th, 2005, 01:57 AM

VUK somehow manages to get the colour to 12 bit. I have no idea how he does that. Does anyone know how?

Ugeorge · May 27th, 2005, 07:40 PM

TechZ you are right about the resolution my videos are with res 720x576 whereas Vuk's are with 512x288. That's the reason, but i still think that XviD is better than the MPEG-2 in the DVD-s because DVD-s are with extremely high bitrate, while XviD with bitrate at 2400 kbps is with a perfect quality and much smaller. Thanks guys.

May 24th, 2005, 08:43 PM	#1
Ugeorge Joined: May 24th, 2005 Last Online: May 26th, 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Which is The Best Video Codec I'm trying to encode videos, but they are too big, if I make them smaller the quality becomes very poor. I was wondering what codec Vuk uses, his captures are perfect and rather small. If you have any suggestions please reply.

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TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: November 27th, 2008 Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,362 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 161	doom9.org do codec shootouts every year, and xvid usually is the most compatible one out there, also very tweakable. __________________ techzonline.net C2D E6600//2GB Hyper-X//8800GTX//Raptor 150

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TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: November 27th, 2008 Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,362 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 161	what exactly are you trying to do? DVD-->AVI ? Or just MPEG-->AVI ? __________________ techzonline.net C2D E6600//2GB Hyper-X//8800GTX//Raptor 150

May 25th, 2005, 12:21 PM	#5
Ugeorge Joined: May 24th, 2005 Last Online: May 26th, 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Thanks guys. I have one more question. Can you suggest a sample configuration of the codec something like two pass, which could improve the quality of the video. Thanks in advance.

May 26th, 2005, 01:51 PM	#7
Ugeorge Joined: May 24th, 2005 Last Online: May 26th, 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I'm trying to capture from DV Camcorder. The quality is perfect when the film is in DV format(which makes 4GB-s for 18 minutes). And I want to compress it. I used XviD, it's not bad, but not as good as the top gear-s and fifth gear-s RIPS. I used 2400 kbps and the quality is similar, but top gear is at about 800 kbps. That's the problem.

May 26th, 2005, 08:02 PM	#8
TechZ Captain Internet Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: November 27th, 2008 Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,362 Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 161	with those high res DV cams, you might want to stay up there in the quality chain and go for DVD quality (MPEG2), xvid/divx is for highly compressed stuff, yes you can use very high bit rates, but its so much easier to burn to a dvd using mpeg2, and it retains a very good amount of quality, your cam mustve come with some software for that? What applications are you using at the moment? __________________ techzonline.net C2D E6600//2GB Hyper-X//8800GTX//Raptor 150

May 27th, 2005, 01:57 AM	#9
roaming Joined: Apr 9th, 2005 Last Online: May 12th, 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	VUK somehow manages to get the colour to 12 bit. I have no idea how he does that. Does anyone know how?

May 27th, 2005, 07:40 PM	#10
Ugeorge Joined: May 24th, 2005 Last Online: May 26th, 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	TechZ you are right about the resolution my videos are with res 720x576 whereas Vuk's are with 512x288. That's the reason, but i still think that XviD is better than the MPEG-2 in the DVD-s because DVD-s are with extremely high bitrate, while XviD with bitrate at 2400 kbps is with a perfect quality and much smaller. Thanks guys.

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