This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: which seq to DVD

Thursday, December 8, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: which seq to DVD

The animation codec does indeed use RLE encoding. It also was written to handle from 1 to 32 bits despite what others have said.

That said, it is not an efficient codec UNLESS you are using it for animation where there are huge areas of a single color with no gradations in it. For normal video, it is a poor choice.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Grigoresco <bogdan_grigorescu@...> wrote:
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> AFAIK, animation codec is run length encoded(RLE) which makes it lossless, but not uncompressed
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> --- On Thu, 12/8/11, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
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> From: Greg Huson <Greg@...>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] which seq to DVD
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> Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 9:11 AM
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> Animation is 8 bit uncompressed.
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> On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
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> > Same as source is DNX. I guess I am surprised the Animation export is almost 8 times the file size as the DNX export. Encoding with Sorenson.
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> >> What's the same-as-source same as? Animation codec is 8-bit, and sometimes not food for video. Plus, it's a transcode from whatever your working format is- so use the same-as... Assuming it actually is.
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> >> Your encoding software is probably a bigger deal here than the intermediary codec... Regardless, it's a short piece. Try it both ways, watch the DVD in a few different systems, and pick the winner. There's a good chance you won't be able to tell them apart.
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> >> On Dec 8, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
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> >>> I have a 1 minute spot exported to Same as Source at 1.6 Gigs and an Animation codec at 9 gigs. Which is best to use to burn to DVD?
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> >>> Does size matter??? (please spare the jokes)
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