Can anyone shed light on the expected date rate(s) for MPEG4, too? It's somewhat new to the QuickTime codec stable and there isn't a lot of information about what to expect or what the optimal settings range would be for multimedia or web streaming.
Ron Colin Holgate wrote: >> Sorenson is a low data rate codec. It performs best say between >> 5-130kb/sec. >> Something playing back at 1.4MB is basically half full motion captured >> video! Some of the best mpegs can playback at around 200kb/sec. > > > > Just to qualify that a bit, normal MPEG1 is 150kbyte/sec (if it was > intended for single speed VCD), so 200kb/sec is better than average > MPEG1. MPEG2 on the other hand can be over 9megabits per second, but > usually is held back at 8 megabits per second (or lower if there's a lot > of time to fit nto the disc), which presumably is about 1 MByte/sec. > This would make the 1.4 MByte/sec Sorenson 40 percent higher data rate > than the best DVD's you'll ever see. ------------------------------------------------- Ronald Woodland -- St. George, Utah 84770 ------------------------------------------------- "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." -- Helen Keller [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
