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Concrete Comparisons of Theora Vs. Mpeg-4

Posted by timothy on from the good-use-for-that-beta-you-downloaded dept.

icknay writes "With the upcoming Firefox 3.5 and HTML5 video, there's natural interest in Theora vs. Mpeg-4, but without much evidence either way. Here's clips encoded at various rates to provide concrete comparison between Theora and Mpeg-4. Theora performs decently, but requires more bandwidth than Mpeg-4 (although this is a 1.1alpha release of Theora and Theora has a much better license than Mpeg-4). The quality comparisons are very subjective, but you can try the clips yourself and see how it breaks down. There was an earlier discussion about this, but it lacked much concrete evidence. (Disclosure: it's my page.)"

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  1. Re:more to <video tag> than bandwidth by TheThiefMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Trying to use angle brackets in your title?

    Apparently Slashdot requires you to use &lt; and &gt; in the titles, yet doesn't support any html tags in them.

  2. Re:Three "errors" in this test by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...with it already 100f in the shade here in AR temp matters.

    Today in California we're getting a pleasant 86 degrees Fahrenheit, but we had upwards of 105 the other day.