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VideoFred wrote:So, if the Intel is uncompressed, is this a codec at all?
sure, it's still coded, even though not compressed. what the codec does it translating between the native data format and whatever format the nle or player requests. it doesn't necessarily involve compression.

(the color channel is compressed in a way since it's sampled at half the resolution, which is what 4:2:0 means as opposed to 4:4:4, but that's usually not what we mean by compression)

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Fred -

Well, I still don't know why Dodcap yielded the same thing in uncompressed mode. On my system, when I use uncompressed, I get a file that is labeled with "no compression."

In any case, it sounds like your best bet here is HuffYUV, since its quality is equivalent to the best your card can produce, and it gives a decent amount of compression.

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Are there some examples? Movies? Frames?
there are some test-images on my website but they are not at full resolution and transferred using firewire DV.
http://www.garage5.ch/ueberspielsamples.htm

If you are interested on how the MJPEG Codec looks like, i could send you an AVI File on a cd or dvd, containing some footage i filmed this summer, no problem. You can contact me directly.

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tbruegg wrote: If you are interested on how the MJPEG Codec looks like, i could send you an AVI File on a cd or dvd, containing some footage i filmed this summer, no problem. You can contact me directly.

thomas
Man! The frames on your site are very good....
I accept your interesting offer.
I send you my adress.

Fred. :D
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mattias wrote: sure, it's still coded, even though not compressed. etc....
Mattias,

Thank you for the explaining, I learned a lot from it! 8O

Fred.
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Re: Uncompressed

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digvid wrote:Fred -

Well, I still don't know why Dodcap yielded the same thing in ..etc..
Well, I don't mind...It works great!
Thank you for giving good support!

Fred. :lol:
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