The best (?) codec for IV/Animator (?)

[Anonymous]

While doing a big animation-project, I stumbled upon this treasure:
"CamStudio Lossless Codec 1.0".

It is a free codec, that can be used with great success when recording
animations.
It is lossless and fast (fast when using LZO compression), so the result
(AVI-file) will be perfect.

There are two different Compressions to choose from: LZO and ZIP.
The LZO algorithm is very fast and is best used for screen capturing (using
Animator).
file-size is a little larger than techsmith.

The GZIP (zlib) algorithm is most useful when you are not using this codec
to do screen-capturing. (but ideal when doing post-processing, like editing
in an video-editing software.)
An AVI file already exists, and you want to convert or recompress the AVI
file using CamStudio codec to take advantage of its lossless and temporal
compression. The encoding with the GZIP algorithm is a slow process but it
produces a small AVI file and that is ideal for archiving purposes. When
encoding with a third party application, you will have to enable or force
keyframes to take advantage of this codec's temporal compression.
Otherwise every frame will be stored as a key frame and the resulting file
size will be huge.

I have not done any thourough testing, but here are my impressions:

It is camparable to the TechSmith codec, BUT:
-It is completely free.
-It uses lessless compression, so picturequality seems better than
Techsmith.
-It works flawlessly with Animator. (at least for me, unlike some other
codec's I have tried).
-A little big filesize at first, but smaller than Techsmith if zip-
compression is used in editing-software like Premiere. (still lossless).

It can be downloaded freely at:
http://www.rendersoftware.com/products/camstudio/codecs.htm



I hope this will come in handy !!

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[Anonymous]

I have found, that if youre doing a BIG animation, animator will crash.
But if you use the CamStudio Lossless Codec, and select zip-compression
(level 9),
you will be able to capture much longer video-clips without Animator
crashing.

It is a little slower, but worth it on large animations.


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On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 01:31:30 -0700, Jorgen Bjornes wrote:

> While doing a big animation-project, I stumbled upon this treasure:
> "CamStudio Lossless Codec 1.0".
>
> It is a free codec, that can be used with great success when recording
> animations.
> It is lossless and fast (fast when using LZO compression), so the result
> (AVI-file) will be perfect.
>
> There are two different Compressions to choose from: LZO and ZIP.
> The LZO algorithm is very fast and is best used for screen capturing
> (using Animator).
> file-size is a little larger than techsmith.
>
> The GZIP (zlib) algorithm is most useful when you are not using this
> codec to do screen-capturing. (but ideal when doing post-processing, like
> editing in an video-editing software.)
> An AVI file already exists, and you want to convert or recompress the AVI
> file using CamStudio codec to take advantage of its lossless and temporal
> compression. The encoding with the GZIP algorithm is a slow process but
> it produces a small AVI file and that is ideal for archiving purposes.
> When encoding with a third party application, you will have to enable or
> force keyframes to take advantage of this codec's temporal compression.
> Otherwise every frame will be stored as a key frame and the resulting
> file size will be huge.
>
> I have not done any thourough testing, but here are my impressions:
>
> It is camparable to the TechSmith codec, BUT:
> -It is completely free.
> -It uses lessless compression, so picturequality seems better than
> Techsmith.
> -It works flawlessly with Animator. (at least for me, unlike some other
> codec's I have tried).
> -A little big filesize at first, but smaller than Techsmith if zip-
> compression is used in editing-software like Premiere. (still lossless).
>
> It can be downloaded freely at:
> http://www.rendersoftware.com/products/camstudio/codecs.htm
>
>
>
> I hope this will come in handy !!
>

[Anonymous]

Jorgen,

Thanks for your information,
I'm considering to do a rather large animation in the near future

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Leo Laimer
Bad Ischl - Austria

[Anonymous]

I have downloaded MPEG4 codec from Microsoft. This works very great which
gives small files with very good quality.

Roger


"Jorgen Bjornes" wrote in message
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> I have found, that if youre doing a BIG animation, animator will crash.
> But if you use the CamStudio Lossless Codec, and select zip-compression
> (level 9),
> you will be able to capture much longer video-clips without Animator
> crashing.
>
> It is a little slower, but worth it on large animations.
>
>
> --
>
> Jorgen Bjornes
> ----------------------------------------------
> Are you located in the Oslo-area, and need a Mechanical Engineer who
really
> knows Inventor?
> I'm currently available for short-term, long-term or permanent jobs.
> See www.bjornes.org for more info and resume (in Norwegian).
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 01:31:30 -0700, Jorgen Bjornes wrote:
>
> > While doing a big animation-project, I stumbled upon this treasure:
> > "CamStudio Lossless Codec 1.0".
> >
> > It is a free codec, that can be used with great success when recording
> > animations.
> > It is lossless and fast (fast when using LZO compression), so the result
> > (AVI-file) will be perfect.
> >
> > There are two different Compressions to choose from: LZO and ZIP.
> > The LZO algorithm is very fast and is best used for screen capturing
> > (using Animator).
> > file-size is a little larger than techsmith.
> >
> > The GZIP (zlib) algorithm is most useful when you are not using this
> > codec to do screen-capturing. (but ideal when doing post-processing,
like
> > editing in an video-editing software.)
> > An AVI file already exists, and you want to convert or recompress the
AVI
> > file using CamStudio codec to take advantage of its lossless and
temporal
> > compression. The encoding with the GZIP algorithm is a slow process but
> > it produces a small AVI file and that is ideal for archiving purposes.
> > When encoding with a third party application, you will have to enable or
> > force keyframes to take advantage of this codec's temporal compression.
> > Otherwise every frame will be stored as a key frame and the resulting
> > file size will be huge.
> >
> > I have not done any thourough testing, but here are my impressions:
> >
> > It is camparable to the TechSmith codec, BUT:
> > -It is completely free.
> > -It uses lessless compression, so picturequality seems better than
> > Techsmith.
> > -It works flawlessly with Animator. (at least for me, unlike some other
> > codec's I have tried).
> > -A little big filesize at first, but smaller than Techsmith if zip-
> > compression is used in editing-software like Premiere. (still lossless).
> >
> > It can be downloaded freely at:
> > http://www.rendersoftware.com/products/camstudio/codecs.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope this will come in handy !!
> >
>

[Anonymous]

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:38:14 -0700, Roger Farstad
wrote:

> I have downloaded MPEG4 codec from Microsoft. This works very great which
> gives small files with very good quality.


I'm sure it does, but MPEG4 is as far as I know not a lossless codec.

I also use DivX (MPEG4 Clone) , but only after editing my stuff in a video
editor.
This gives optimal control over quality.
My raw movies, I want them with as good quality as possible.


Jorgen Bjornes
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Are you located in the Oslo-area, and need a Mechanical Engineer who really
knows Inventor?
I'm currently available for short-term, long-term or permanent jobs.
See www.bjornes.org for more info and resume (in Norwegian).
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