Codec Comparison

• Introduction
• Methodology
• Ratings
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Codec Roundup

• AVI

  3ivx
  Avid AVI 2.02
  Cinepak
  DivX 3.11
  DivX 4.12
  DivX 5.0.2
  DV
  Huffyuv
  Indeo 3.2
  Indeo 4.4
  Indeo 5.10
  Microsoft MPEG-4 v1
  Microsoft MPEG-4 v2
  Microsoft RLE
  Microsoft Video 1
  None (Uncompressed, Full Frames)
  XviD
  

• Quicktime

  3ivx
  Animation
  Blackmagic 10-bit
  Blackmagic 8-bit
  Cinepak
  Component Video
  DV
  Graphics
  H.261
  H.263
  Motion-JPEG
  MPEG-4 Video
  None
  PNG
  Sorenson Video
  Sorenson Video 3
  Video
  

• Windows Media

  Microsoft MPEG-4 v3
  Windows Media 7
  Windows Media 8
  

• MPEG

  MPEG-1
  MPEG-2
  MPEG-4
  

• Real (forthcoming)