#AVI Codecs testing
Well – I was able to take a few hours and go through all the possible CODECs
for saving my 300 frame 320×240 JPG series to an AVI file with Animator Studio.
I never found a satisfactory result but hopefully someone can use this data (or
maybe even explain it to me <grin>).
"Quality" represents the quality setting when choosing the compression scheme.
Some have two settings, some have none.
"Size" is the size in MB of the resulting AVI file.
"Image" is my own impression of the quality of the resulting AVI's image on a
scale of 1 to 10 (1 being really bad and 10 being very good).
"Motion" is my impression of the smoothness of the animation.
CODEC Quality Size Image Motion
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Cinepak 0 1.2 5
Cinepak 100 1.2 5
MS Video 1 0 .75 .436 1
MS Video 1 100 .75 1.2 4
MS Video 1 100 1.0 1.2 4
MS Video 1 100 0 1.1 3
MS RLE 0 1.9 5 Stop motion
MS RLE 100 1.1 1 Stop motion
Intel Indeo Raw 25.9 10 Jerky
ATI RLE 20.2 10
Intel Indeo R3.2 0 1.2 5
Intel Indeo R3.2 100 1.2 5
Autodesk RLE 69.1 10 Jerky
Autodesk 24 Bit RLE 66.9 10 Very Jerky
Autodesk FLC 19.7 10
ATI RLE Video 20.2 10
No Recompression 69.1 10 Jerky
Full Frame (Uncomp.) 69.1 10 Jerky
This is what Renderize gives directly:
7.1 10
I hope someone can use this info. It didn't help me much.