Best video format (asf, avi, mpg, etc...)?

[duragezic]

I was fooling around trying to make a little video with skateboarding clips in it and adding music but when I want to export it, what format should I use? THis doesn't just apply to this little video I was trying to make, what about all videos? Can anyone give me a website or a comparison of quality, file size, etc... of the various formats? I looked around on the internet but found nothing to answer what I want to know. Thanks!

 

[ltk007]

I think the best for quality/size is asf.

 

[Mday]

well, asf sucks...

AVI wise, divx is the best (excellent quality, small). MS's MP4 series of compression is great.

MPEG2 is great too.

but AVI is really a wide range which differs with each codec.

 

[DarK SagE]

Mday - Someone knows his pr0n

 

[uncouth]

DivX (mpg4) is by and far the best quality out. Size is not much larger than asf, but it is worth it. Have they come out with a new DivX codec recently? If so I want it...

To see a movie in DivX come to my site (link below) and mail me to get my Sherlock Holmes movie. It is a perfect demonstration of a movie in DivX. File size is fairly small and I made it only with the help of tomcat

 

[Mday]

actually, i do other kids of video...

 

[Mday]

let's see if i forgot the word "too"

 

[Mday]

divx is a form of mp4. there is mp4v2 which is good, and mp4v3 which is even better. i think divx is a modded mp4v3 since ms did away with it and made mp4v3 something else other than an official AVI codec.

 

[Killbat]

Whatever you do, don't use QuickTime. BLECH :|

 

[Locutus of Board]

My new favorite format is MPG VCD format.

I can burn them and watch them from the comfort of my livingroom couch on my APEX DVD player.

Instead of my computer chair.

 

[onegreatmonkey]

i thought asf and divx were the same.

 

[Double Trouble]

DiVX is excellent, and it's the best right now from the quality/size ratio perspective. Microshaft has embedded all sort of nasties in their codecs for our 'protection', and DivX is basically a hacked version of MP4v3.

ASF sucks, is not 'joinable', can't be easily played on any platform but windows, and has a whole lot of those 'protections' built in. Not only that, but when you play ASF files, you can't easily hop from one part of the movie to another -- it's slow.

 

[paruhd0x]

DiVx AVI
http://divx.ctw.cc/

 

[RSI]

I wouldn't know, I can't play movies too acceptably on my p83

 

[Stifko]

whats the best format for streaming live?

 

[CyberSax]

What about Real? On most websites, they always have films in both Real and ASF format. Which is better (if the bandwidth is the same)?

 

[PistachioByAzul]

DiVX for sure.