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Screencapture Codec any advantage to normal Codec

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Screencapture Codec any advantage to normal Codec

Hello,

can anyone tell me in which occasions it is recommended to take a special screen grabber/capture codec instead of a normal Codec like divx or x264?
Also can anyone tell me how a screencapture works or whats the difference between the other video codecs? Is it right that the screencapture codecs are lossless?

Regards,
islondo

Re: Screencapture Codec any advantage to normal Codec

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Originally Posted by islondo (Post 53553)

Is it right that the screencapture codecs are lossless?

Hi
When I've done screen capture I used x264 -preset ultrafast -crf 0.
This is 'lossless' settings for x264. And I use PCM or FLAC for the audio track.
Creates very big files.
The reason is so that the PC can capture in 'real-time'. :)
My PC would not be able to keep up if it was trying to capture and compress at the same time. :eek:
When the capture is finished, then I convert from lossless to compressed, in my own time. :cool:

Other people may use different methods, though. :p