WAT R THE BEST VIDEO N AUDIO CODECS

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WAT R THE BEST VIDEO N AUDIO CODECS

Postby genjut33 » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:11 am

can anyone tell me video and audio codecs r the best?
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Postby CrackTheSky » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:28 am

Best for what?
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Postby Athena » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:24 pm

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Postby Gepetto » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:36 pm

The best codecs are called "Uncompressed RGB" and "Uncompressed PCM", both developed by The Uncompressed Codec Group. I'd link to them, but their website is out for server maitenance. Read THIS and THIS instead.
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Postby genjut33 » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:29 am

oh, i meant wat r the codecs for video n audio compression? :?:
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Postby Wheee_It's_Me! » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:30 am

On2 VP6
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Postby Kariudo » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:09 pm

HaruFreaks wrote:oh, i meant wat r the codecs for video n audio compression? :?:

still not enough information.
what are you planning to do with this audio/video?
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Postby genjut33 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:45 am

i'm making an amv n i want to render it so that the finished version will hav a good video n audio quality
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:46 pm

XviD and MP3. Technically x264 is a better video codec, but it's quite a bit more complex than XviD, from my experience at least.
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Postby Wheee_It's_Me! » Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:32 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:XviD and MP3. Technically x264 is a better video codec, but it's quite a bit more complex than XviD, from my experience at least.


WRONG! ^_^

Once again, I repeat, On2 VP6 or VP7. It even supports alpha transparent video streams. Only downside is that it kinda limits yer choices on audio codecs, pretty much stuck with teh craptastic MP3 codec (there are FAR better alternatives). Actually though, it ~might~ be possible to produce non-standard FLVs using other audio codecs...but then they won't be so Flash friendly.
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Postby Scintilla » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:06 pm

You're forgetting something: most of the intended audience will never have heard of VP# and will not appreciate having to go out and download another codec just to see HaruFreaks's video.


(You could say the same about x264, true, but at least x264 is compliant with the MPEG-4 AVC standard, which will only become more and more widespread as HD content spreads.)
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:07 pm

Wheee_It's_Me! wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:XviD and MP3. Technically x264 is a better video codec, but it's quite a bit more complex than XviD, from my experience at least.


WRONG! ^_^

Once again, I repeat, On2 VP6 or VP7. It even supports alpha transparent video streams. Only downside is that it kinda limits yer choices on audio codecs, pretty much stuck with teh craptastic MP3 codec (there are FAR better alternatives). Actually though, it ~might~ be possible to produce non-standard FLVs using other audio codecs...but then they won't be so Flash friendly.


Ok, but there are no guides here on how to encode with that codec. I assume HaruFreaks is asking so he/she can encode an AMV, and that is not a standard codec around here by any means.
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Postby Wheee_It's_Me! » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:13 pm

Scintilla wrote:You're forgetting something: most of the intended audience will never have heard of VP# and will not appreciate having to go out and download another codec just to see HaruFreaks's video.


(You could say the same about x264, true, but at least x264 is compliant with the MPEG-4 AVC standard, which will only become more and more widespread as HD content spreads.)


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You guys are SERIOUSLY out of date. I mean, hello, what the shit do you think is all the fuck over YouTube?

...well, actually they might be using crappy Sorenson, but still, it's the same container.

The point with FLVs is that their instantly web friendly via a Flash player and because of the proliferation and expansion of YouTube they even work in most all stand alone video players. What's more, you can embed the video directly WITH a custom player if you want. It's the form that I'm using for most of my sites:
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http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog/
(look at one of last months entries)

Both those later two sites aren't setup with Flash site indexing yet, so I can't do direct links to stuff like I can with Backwater.
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Postby Wheee_It's_Me! » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:14 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:Ok, but there are no guides here on how to encode with that codec. I assume HaruFreaks is asking so he/she can encode an AMV, and that is not a standard codec around here by any means.


...what? What are you kidding? What the shit do you think is all the fuck on YouTube?! o_O

Are you telling me that NO ONE has made a guide for encoding FLV yet?!

...oy vey...*sigh*...well maybe I'll whip something up tomorrow when I got some time.
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Postby Scintilla » Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:24 pm

Wheee_It's_Me!,

Such a guide would be much appreciated and very useful. I'm sure that the intelligent encoders among us would love the help in being brought into the 21st century. After all, quite a few of us are obsessed with good video quality.

As a reminder, if you wish to submit your guide for inclusion with the rest of the Org's hosted guides, you can find the instructions at the top of <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/">the guides page</a>.

Thanks again and have fun!! ^_^

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