Monthly Archives: January 2009

Codecs

Written by apozeus. Posted on January 25, 2009. Filed under Workflow. No comments.
A brief description of various Compressor-Decompressor (Codecs) / formats and what they are good for. Media Containers Container Pros Cons AVI (.avi) All windows computer can play Too many conflicting codecs, unstable Quicktime (.mov) Professional codecs within. Stable. User must install Quicktime player manually. MPEG (.mpg) Compressed. Both windows and mac can play. Large file sizes for compressed files using MPEG1 / MPEG2. Flash Video (.flv) Highly compressed. Best for [...]