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Friday, 10 April 2009 14:44 |
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If you are making a lot of home movies or video you will need to know your formats to get the best from your computer, your SVCD's and your DVD's...
| Video Formats
The table below gives a guide as to which video compression format may be best for your home movies. Look at the BOTTOM row first then the TOP ROW to decide which format is best for you. the first 3 columns are considered standard.
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| Find the Video Format that's right for you
(courtesy of www.videohelp.com)
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Format
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VCD
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SVCD
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DVD
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HDDVD
HDTV
(WMVHD)
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AVI
DivX
XviD
WMV
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MOV
Quick-
Time
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RM
Real-
Media
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AVI
DV
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Resolution
NTSC/PAL
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352x240
352x288
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480x480
480x576
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720x480²
720x576²
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1920x1080²
1280x720²
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640x480²
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640x480²
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320x240²
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720x480
720x576
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Video
Compression
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MPEG1
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MPEG2
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MPEG2, MPEG1
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MPEG2
(WMV-
MPEG4)
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MPEG4
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Sorenson, Cinepak, MPEG4 ...
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RM
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DV
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Video bitrate
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1150kbps
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~2000kbps
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~5000kbps
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~20Mbps
(~8Mbps)
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~1000kbps
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~1000kbps
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~350kbps
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25Mbps
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Audio
Compression
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MP1
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MP1
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MP1, MP2, AC3, DTS, PCM
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MP1, MP2, AC3, DTS, PCM
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MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, AC3
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QDesign Music, MP3 ...
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RM
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DV
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Audio bitrate
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224kbps
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~224kbps
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~448kbps
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~448kbps
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~128kbps
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~128kbps
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~64kbps
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~1500kbps
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Size/min
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10
MB/min
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10-20
MB/min
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30-70
MB/min
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~150MB/min
(~60MB/min)
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4-10
MB/min
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4-20
MB/min
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2-5
MB/min
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216MB/min
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Min/74min CD
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74min
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35-60min
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10-20min
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~4min
(~10min)
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60-180min
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30-180
min
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120-300
min
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3min
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Hours/DVD
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N/A
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N/A
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1-2hrs
(2-5hrsª)
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~30min
(~1hrs)
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7-18hrs
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3-18hrs
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14-35hrs
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20min
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Hours/
DualLayerDVD
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N/A
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N/A
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2-4hrs
(5-9hrsª)
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~55min
(~2hrs)
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13-30hrs
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6-30hrs
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25-65hrs
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37min
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DVD Player Compatibility
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Great
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Good
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Excellent
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None
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Few
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None
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None
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None
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Computer CPU Usage
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Low
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High
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Very High
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Super high
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Very High
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High
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Low
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High
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Quality
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Good
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Great*
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Excellent*
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Superb*
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Great*
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Great*
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Decent*
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Excellent
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kbps = thousand bits per second
Mbps = million bits per second
² approximately resolution, it can be higher or lower
~ approximately bitrate, it can be higher or lower
ª DVD with lower video quality, similar to VCD/SVCD video quality
* the video quality depends on the bitrate and the video resolution, higher bitrate and higher resolution generally means better video quality but bigger file size
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