Screencast codec showdown!

The codecs

MPEG-4

MPEG-4, high quality.

MPEG-4, high quality.

Looks basically the same as H.264 “high” quality*, but darker.

MPEG-4, medium quality.

MPEG-4, medium quality.

Whoa, worse than H.264 (medium) now.

MPEG-4, low quality.

MPEG-4, low quality.

Wow. And no, I did not record the Low version to VHS and then digitize it.

* By “high quality” I don't mean “high profile”. I don't have QuickTime Pro.


Winner

MPEG-4 Medium (unless you use a similar xterm color scheme to mine, in which case High)


2006-12-08 http://boredzo.org/codec-comparison/codecs/mpeg4
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