[Theora] firewire captured video

Ralph Giles giles at xiph.org
Tue Sep 21 19:23:41 PDT 2004


On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 09:23:00PM -0500, John Kintree wrote:

> I think you're right.  When I play video-a1v7x352y240.ogg, some of the 
> artifacts I noticed in the firewire captured video.dv are no longer there.  
> The *.dv video is sharper, but the *.ogg video, at 1/16th the size, plays 
> more smoothly, doesn't break up when panning, and is maybe more pleasant to 
> watch.

That's consistent. One of theora/vp3's 'features' is that it degrades in 
a blurry way, rather than a blocky way, which many people find less 
objectionable.

Good luck with your testing,
 -r


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