Best Codec for Editing

nonks · Post by **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

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:01 pm

lagarith or huffyuv.

or uncompressed (no codec)

nonks · Post by **nonks** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:08 pm

ok thanks alot

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **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... >.>

Gepetto · Post by **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.

post-it · Post by **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

.. if only there was such a thing

NeoQuixotic · Post by **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 .. 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.

Tab. · Post by **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 .. 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/

Phantasmagoriat · Post by **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. >.>

Qyot27 · Post by **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.