Screencast codec showdown!

The codecs

Graphics

Graphics' main problem is that it only supports 8-bit color, which is no good for Aqua. On the upside, it does seem lossless, the color conversion notwithstanding.

And like Animation's 8-bit mode, it only has two quality settings, though they are arranged slightly differently: >medium and ≤medium.

Graphics, high quality.

Graphics, medium quality.

Apple's QuickTime Compression and Decompression Guide has a description of the Graphics codec. MultimediaWiki has technical information about the Graphics codec.


2006-12-08 http://boredzo.org/codec-comparison/codecs/graphics
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