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Compare LEAD Codecs

Video Codecs at a glance:
Codecs: Usage:
H.264

Inter-frame video compression. Achieve very high compression and generate very small file sizes. Suitable for real time compression and video storage.
Compression: low, medium, high, very high.
Speed: very slow, slow, medium.

H.263

Inter-frame video. Achieve high compression (not as high as H.264).  Suitable for real time compression and video storage.
Compression: medium, high.
Speed: slow, medium.

MCMP

Intra-frame video compression, generate low compression files at very high speed. Suitable for video editing, real time video compression (video conferencing), video storage.
Compression: low.
Speed: super fast.

MJPEG

Intra-frame video compression, generate low compression files at very high speed. Suitable for video editing, real time video compression (video conferencing), video storage.
Compression: low.
Speed: super fast.

MCMW

Intra-frame video compression, generate medium compression files at high speed. Suitable for video editing, real time video compression (video conferencing), video storage.
Compression: low, medium.
Speed: fast.

MJ2K

Intra-frame video compression, generate medium compression files at low speed. Suitable for video editing and video storage.
Compression: low, medium.
Speed: medium.

MPEG-4

Inter-frame video. Offers high compression (not as high as H.264), small file size and takes less time than H.264.  Suitable for real time compression and video storage.
Compression: low, medium, high.
Speed: slow, medium, fast.

MPEG-2

Inter-frame video. Offers high compression (not as high as MPEG-4), small file size when compared to MCMP, MCMW and MJ2K and takes less time than MPEG-4.  Suitable video storage.
Compression: low, medium, high.
Speed: slow, medium.

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