Screencast codec showdown!

The codecs

H.264

Ah, H.264. The current darling of video codecs. I don't have QuickTime Pro, so this is H.264 Low Profile.

H.264, high quality.

H.264, high quality.

Uh-oh. Already artifacting heavily.

Incidentally, I did Best also, and it didn't look any better. For the Doubting Thomases among you:

H.264, best quality.

H.264, best quality.

Like I said: No better. But it is bigger. So you don't need to worry about H.264 Best.

H.264, medium quality.

H.264, medium quality.

Mostly doesn't look that different from High/Best, but look at xterm. It's groaning. (Notice the word “Plists” above the iShowU bug.)

H.264, low quality.

H.264, low quality.

Looks like a VHS capture at this point.


Winner

H.264 Medium (unless you use a similar xterm color scheme to mine, in which case High)


2006-12-08 http://boredzo.org/codec-comparison/codecs/h264
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