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Comparing Codecs for 2004

Posted by michael on from the CGA-is-all-anyone-should-ever-need dept.

MunchMunch writes "Popular encoding/guide/news site doom9.org has just put up its codec shoot-out for 2004, comparing 3ivx 5.0, Divx Fusion 5.9 (prerelease 6.0), Nero Digital Main Profile and High Profile, RealVideo 10, On2 VP6, VideoSoft's VSS, Xvid 1.0, MS's WMV9 and, last, newcomer Jomingo's HDX4. The comparison covers the speed, accuracy, target-file-size-adherence and other aspects of the codecs -- but also lets you compare yourself via high- and low-bandwidth framegrabs of each codec with a nice zoomable image-swap script."

8 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. sweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first?

  2. What about Ogg Vorbis? by Junichiro+Koizumi · · Score: -1, Troll

    How come Ogg Vorbis wasn't included in this shootout? In my experience it gets about 27.23 fps compared to 27.21 fps for MP3 encoding a 269.43 MB anime dick-girl video, and is therefore clearly superior.

  3. Re:Theora? by redswinglinestapler · · Score: -1, Troll

    It isn't there because its name sounds like my cat coughing up a furball.

  4. you fail lit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    BSD manag3d' to make

  5. MODDERS HAVE NO BALLS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and are known homosexuals who love it up the ass

  6. Re:No OGM? by galaxy300 · · Score: 0, Troll

    STFU.

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  7. Free as in ... by Duncan3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So which ones on the list are free as in no patents (implys beer and code)... AND ... playback on Windows, OS X and Linux.

    Any of them yet? I didn't add the ultra critical "plays on mom's 50$ DVD player" because I'm sure none of them will do that.

    There is no point at all encoding anything unless the above are all true.

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  8. Re:Why XviD (unfortunately) fails.. by xgamer04 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So code a version that works with it, troll.

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