trythil wrote:Thank you for demonstrating a lack of knowledge of the difference between a video container, codec, and standards body.
I'm sorry but I feel I have to explain myself since you appear to not understand what I'm talking about.
trythil wrote:"MPEG" in its most general usage refers to a standards group. (Hence, the "G".) They define the specifications and interfaces for everything from MPEG-1 to XviD to x264, as well as a wide variety of video containers, decoding techniques, standards for media indexing, and a whole lot more.
I know that. However, I was obviously
not talking about the standards group but the
file type, seeing as that's what the original topic of discussion was about. You know, the files that commonly end in '.mpeg' or '.mpg'.
I even explicitly said that I was referring to MPEG-1 compression (the most common compression standard to put in an "MPEG file").
Would you have accused me of "demostrating a lack of knowledge" if I had referred to JPEG as a file type, when it is quite obviously a standards group just like MPEG?
trythil wrote:SpringBoy wrote:Other than that I don't care if people use AVI, MKV, OGM, or whatever else as long as they use a good (and free) codec.
Matroska, OGM, and AVI are not codecs. They are only media containers.
I simply cannot see how you thought I was confusing a container for a codec here. Look at my quote! I said I don't care about containers as long as a good codec is used.
And if you thought I was confused about WMV or MOV - yes I realise that they're simply containers as well. WMV has a specific set of codecs that it supports but it is still a container. MOV is similar in that Apple have a core set of codecs that are supported by Quicktime (and hence guarenteed to be supported by a particular version).
I do actually have an idea what I'm talking about - you simply mis-interpreted what I was saying. Sorry if I wasn't clear or explicit enough for you.
I also apologise to the people who get good encodes out of Windows Media files if I came off too critical of the format's quality. I know that the codecs can get good results when applied properly. However, you have to admit that about 90% of the WMV files available for download here are from people who used WMM to encode - which isn't the best program for creating high quality videos.
