for low bitrate stuff though here's the breakdown
mpeg < wmv8 < rm8 < wmv9 < rm9
theres just no reason to use it when there are far superior codecs around these days
here, make your own judgements on this torture clip. All of them were encoded at 500 kbps
Mpeg 1
DivX 3.11 SBC
XviD
WMV8
RV8
WMV9
RM9


