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In-Depth Look At Video Codecs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jaggies-and-artifacts dept.

johnsee writes "Atomicmpc has an incredibly in- depth look at a wide range of video codecs. It looks not only at their inner workings, but also shows the quality produced by each at a variety of settings and situations."

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  1. so which one wins? by datapharmer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh wait I'm "new" here.... let me go RTFA. Be right back.

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  2. but i don't see.. by mrzaph0d · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..any of the codecs the porn..i mean video sites i visit ask me to install before i get to see the videos..

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  3. ascii and zip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've found the best way to highly compress movies on OS X is to use the ASCII Movie Player codec to display the video in Terminal.app, capture that to a text file using a pipe, and then zip it all up.

    1. Re:ascii and zip by smbarbour · · Score: 5, Funny

      After looking at it for years, you don't even see the code anymore. You just see redhead, blonde, brunette...

  4. I thought there was too much information... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 4, Funny
    So I compressed it for ease of reading:

    "Atmcmpc has n n-krdibly n-depth lûk ata wide rng of video codcs. It lûks not nly at ther iner wrkngs, but also shws thá kwality produced by each ata vriety of settngs and situashuns."

    please note a lossy codec was used for paraphrasing

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