compression codec h264

[nathabn]

Shout me down if this is stupid

I have been informed by a friend (and a little reading on Doom9) that H264 AVC codec will produce an equivalent picture quality to divx/xvid for about 2/3 to 1/2 the hard disk space.

I know that it uses more processor, is not as mature a codec(or as well supported) and despite the if it ain't broke don't fix it policy that is essential when it comes to MCE are the any thoughts on using/supporting this in a potentionally upcoming version of Crunchie?

I think it has the potential to significantly increase archiveing potential

[mrees]

nathabn,

Yes Ive found h264 to be a great codec (and work well with MCE)
I use it to watch my NHL Hockey games. Picture quality is pretty good and the file size is much smaller than divx.

One tip though:
If you are going to play them on MCE, you need to rename the mp4 files to avi

Also be very careful what codec pack you install.
I cant quite remember which one I decided on, I think it was 3ivx. I just installed the very minimum and only support for h264. I still use ffdshow to decode xvid & divx

[arkay]

I've read and heard a fair bit about this codec in recent times. Haven't really had a good chance to play with it yet though but if the compression ratios are what they say then I'd be mad not to take notice.

Crunchie development has sort of been on hold of late but when I re-visit it I'll look further into h264

Cheers,
Arkay.