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Which codec is recommended/best quality for AVI ?
As I found out the default Microsoft Video 1 codec yields the best quality for the AVI.
Unfortunately it creates the by far biggest AVI video.
Is there another recommended codec ?
WMV9 or MS Video MPEG-4 are rather bad. Text on the screen is very fuzzy.
Xvid is better but still worse than MS Video 1.
So is there another "best" codec for CamStudio?
Peter
Unfortunately it creates the by far biggest AVI video.
Is there another recommended codec ?
WMV9 or MS Video MPEG-4 are rather bad. Text on the screen is very fuzzy.
Xvid is better but still worse than MS Video 1.
So is there another "best" codec for CamStudio?
Peter
Comments
It depends on what you're using CamStudio to do.
There are two types of video codec: lossy and lossless and each should only really be
used for certain tasks.
More info on the difference here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression#Lossy_versus_lossless
If you're recording yourself using your desktop, then you need a lossless video codec like:
CamStudio Lossless Codec
Techsmith Screen Capture Codec
(requires licensed copy of Camtasia Studio to encode)
MSN Screen Capture Lossless Codec
(must be used with VirtualDub or similar to re-encode CamStudio-produced videos)
HuffYUV
If you intend to record video footage playing on the desktop, then you need to use a lossy
codec, like DiVX or XViD.
Hope that helps some.
Cheers
Nick :o)