What codec should i use at DVinfo.net

Peter Weisberg · December 12th, 2008, 12:15 PM

I'm afraid i don't know too much about codec's and which ones are for high quality and and which are for streaming. I have a project shot in 720p and i did an export movie without looking (stupidly) and it exported in 480p and looks aweful. so now i have been looking around and i don't know the best way to export should i use the adobe media encoder or the export to movie? Also what is a really good high quality codec that would work well with 720p.

Tripp Woelfel · December 12th, 2008, 07:44 PM

Generally speaking, h.264 is the "Swiss army knife" of delivery codecs. It's used for Blu-Ray disks and is probably the most common codec for non-Flash Web video. It offers the following advantages:
-Superior image quality
-Excellent quality:file size ratio
-Very portable across different delivery platforms

I'm sure there are others but those are the ones that leap immediately to mind.

Graham Hickling · December 13th, 2008, 11:34 PM

Peter, as you yourself say, there are different codecs for different purposes. What's your purpose in this case?

December 12th, 2008, 12:15 PM	#1
Peter Weisberg Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oak Park, Michigan Posts: 43	What codec should i use I'm afraid i don't know too much about codec's and which ones are for high quality and and which are for streaming. I have a project shot in 720p and i did an export movie without looking (stupidly) and it exported in 480p and looks aweful. so now i have been looking around and i don't know the best way to export should i use the adobe media encoder or the export to movie? Also what is a really good high quality codec that would work well with 720p.

December 12th, 2008, 07:44 PM	#2
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	Generally speaking, h.264 is the "Swiss army knife" of delivery codecs. It's used for Blu-Ray disks and is probably the most common codec for non-Flash Web video. It offers the following advantages: -Superior image quality -Excellent quality:file size ratio -Very portable across different delivery platforms I'm sure there are others but those are the ones that leap immediately to mind.

December 13th, 2008, 11:34 PM	#3
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	Peter, as you yourself say, there are different codecs for different purposes. What's your purpose in this case?