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Video Format Comparison
Note: This table contains old formats only (except for PIC MJPEG, now obsolete)

Encoder	Bytes/ minute	Setting	Framesize	Frames/s	Audio	Encoding time factor	Quality (10=max)	Comment
PIC MJPEG captured w. VirtualDub or others	50 M .. 120 M	Q="14"	720 x 576	25	PCM 44k x 16	1	8-9	good real time capture and play
PIC MJPEG (Q=19) or DV captured video +CCE MPEG2	50 M or 75 M	6000 k (VBR) or 9000 k (CBR)	720 x 576	25	mp2 192k	5	9	excellent quality for camcorder footage, DVD standard
PIC MJPEG or DV captured video +DIVX or VXID codec (MPEG4)	12 M .. 20 M	1500 .. 2400 k	720 x 576	25	mp2 or mp3 128k, or HE-AAC or Ogg 64k	ca. 5	7-8***	good quality, small,fast
PIC MJPEG or DV capturred video +CCE MPEG2 VBR	20 M	avg= 3000 k	720 x 576	25	mp2 192k	5	8	excellent quality for movies and TV, DVD standard
MPEG1 from fullframe MJPEG, smart deinterlaced, optimal reduction	10 M	VideoCD	352 x 288	25	mp2 224k	<5	5-6	plays on small CPUs, standard
Windows Media MPEG4V2 +avi-io	20 M	6000k	384 x 288	25	PCM 44k x 16	1	5-6	a capture format
Windows Media MPEG4V2	7.5 M	1025 k *	352 x 288	25	WMaudio 160k	1	5	acceptable real time
Windows Media MPEG4V2	5 M	710 k **	352 x 288	25	WMaudio 96k	1	4	acceptable real time
Windows Media MPEG4V2	450 k	64 k	160 x 120	8	WMaudio 16kb/16k stereo	1	2	64k stream
Real Video	400 k	-	176 x 144	8	40k	1/2	1-2	56k stream
Real Video	250 k	-	176 x 144	8	6k	1/2	1	34k stream

*      best fit for   90 min movie on a 700 MB CD. Set crispness to 50%.
**    best fit for 130 min movie on a 700 MB CD. Set crispness to 50%.
        For NTSC, frame sizes are 320 x 240 or 160 x 120
*** MPEG2 is better for this: No problems w. interlacing, accelerated playback on many graphis cards.
Encoding time factor based on 700 MHz CPU; speed depends on clock rate only !

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