Best Codec for Editing

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Best Codec for Editing

Postby nonks » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:47 pm

Hey i was wondering can sum1 tell me which is the best codec for editing.... ive been usin Lagarith and i want to know if there is something better
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Postby JaddziaDax » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:01 pm

lagarith or huffyuv.

or uncompressed (no codec)
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Postby nonks » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:08 pm

ok thanks alot
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Postby Phantasmagoriat » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:14 pm

I use PICvideo's M-JPEG codec. Just adjust quality settings to full. Editing is virtually instant, so you can edit as fast as you want... but the free version leaves watermarks [logo] at the top and bottom of the video... however, I like to make widescreen videos, and watermarks are easy to crop off... plus I've got other ways of getting around watermarks too... >.>
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Postby Gepetto » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:14 pm

Phantasmagoriat wrote:I use PICvideo's M-JPEG codec. Just adjust quality settings to full. Editing is virtually instant, so you can edit as fast as you want... but the free version leaves watermarks [logo] at the top and bottom of the video... however, I like to make widescreen videos, and watermarks are easy to crop off... plus I've got other ways of getting around watermarks too... >.>


They no doubt involve acquiring a legitimate product key via purchase of the comercial compressor.
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Postby post-it » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:31 pm

.. of only there was a way to make Motion-PNG files; now THAT would be a super-clean Codec 8-) .. if only there was such a thing :(
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Postby NeoQuixotic » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:43 pm

post-it wrote:.. of only there was a way to make Motion-PNG files; now THAT would be a super-clean Codec 8-) .. if only there was such a thing :(

CorePNG? Although, Lagarith is still better and faster.

M-JPEG is great for bait and switch (AKA offline editing). But even at high quality, it still sucks. Stick to lossless codecs or working directly with AVS scripts.
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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:44 pm

post-it wrote:.. of only there was a way to make Motion-PNG files; now THAT would be a super-clean Codec 8-) .. if only there was such a thing :(
There are PNG video codecs. CorePNG comes to mind :|
QuickTime also has a PNG codec.

http://corepng.corecodec.org/
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Postby Phantasmagoriat » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:17 am

Gepetto wrote:
Phantasmagoriat wrote:I use PICvideo's M-JPEG codec. Just adjust quality settings to full. Editing is virtually instant, so you can edit as fast as you want... but the free version leaves watermarks [logo] at the top and bottom of the video... however, I like to make widescreen videos, and watermarks are easy to crop off... plus I've got other ways of getting around watermarks too... >.>


They no doubt involve acquiring a legitimate product key via purchase of the comercial compressor.


you got me... I just didn't want to be the only one to admit that I got sucked into purchasing the product. >.>
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Postby Qyot27 » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:20 am

Phantasmagoriat wrote:
Gepetto wrote:
Phantasmagoriat wrote:I use PICvideo's M-JPEG codec. Just adjust quality settings to full. Editing is virtually instant, so you can edit as fast as you want... but the free version leaves watermarks [logo] at the top and bottom of the video... however, I like to make widescreen videos, and watermarks are easy to crop off... plus I've got other ways of getting around watermarks too... >.>


They no doubt involve acquiring a legitimate product key via purchase of the comercial compressor.


you got me... I just didn't want to be the only one to admit that I got sucked into purchasing the product. >.>

ffdshow's VFW has an MJPEG codec. Free, and no watermarks. Not that I advocate editing with MJPEG, but whatever - I use it for frame demarcation so I know where to go in the main scripted VOBs.
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