Video File Comparison (VCDHelp.com)

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Video File Comparison

Video:	VCD	SVCD	DVD	X(S)VCD	DivX	ASF	SMR/nAVI	RM	DV
Resolution NTSC/PAL	352x240 352x288	480x480 480x576	720x480 720x576	720x480 720x576 or lower	640x480 or lower	320x240 or lower	320x240 or lower	320x240 or lower	720x480 720x576
Video Compression	MPEG1	MPEG2	MPEG2	MPEG1 or MPEG2	MPEG4	MPEG4	MPEG4	RM	DV
Audio Compression	MPEG1	MPEG1	MPEG1, MPEG2, AC3, DTS, PCM	MPEG1	MP3, WMA	MPEG4	MPEG4	RM	DV
Size/min	10 MB/min	10 - 20 MB/min	30 - 70 MB/min	5 - 20 MB/min	1 - 10 MB/min	1 - 5 MB/min	1 - 5 MB/min	1 - 5 MB/min	216 MB/min
Min/74 minCD	74min	35-60min	15-20min	35-100min	60-180min	120-300min	120-300min	120-300min	3min
Hours/DVDR	-	-	2-4hrs	-	13-26hrs	13-26hrs	26-40hrs	26-40hrs	20min
DVD Player Compatibility	Great	Good	Excellent	Low	None	None	None	None	None
Computer CPU Demanding	Low	High	Very High	High	Very High	Low	Low	Low	High
Quality	Good	Great*	Excellent*	Great*	Great*	Decent*	Decent*	Bad*	Excellent

* the quality depends on the size/min, more MB/min means generaly higher quality.

Video File Comparison 01/14/13 http://www.videohelp.com/hd#tech

Format	VCD	SVCD	DVD	Blu-ray	MKV HD MP4 HD H264 HD WMV HD	AVI DivX XviD WMV	MOV QuickTime	FLV MP4	AVI DV
Resolution NTSC/PAL	352x240 352x288	480x480 480x576	720x480² 720x576²	1920x1080 1280x720	1920x1080² 1280x720²	640x480²	640x480²	640x480²	720x480 720x576
Video Compression	MPEG1	MPEG2	MPEG2, MPEG1	H264 VC1 MPEG2	H264 VC1	DivX, Xvid, MPEG4 ASP, WMV	H264	H264, FLV, VP6, VP7, VP8	DV
Video bitrate	1150 Kbit/s	~2000 Kbit/s	~7000 Kbit/s	~30Mbit/s	~10Mbit/s	~1000 Kbit/s	~1000 Kbit/s	~700 Kbit/s	25Mbit/s
Audio Compression	MP1	MP1	MP1, MP2, AC3, DTS, PCM	DTS-HD, EAC3, TrueHD, AC3, DTS, PCM	AAC, AC3, DTS, WMA	MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, AC3	MP3, AAC	MP3, AAC	DV
Audio bitrate	224 Kbit/s	~224 Kbit/s	~448 Kbit/s	~448 Kbit/s	~448 Kbit/s	~128 Kbit/s	~128 Kbit/s	~64 Kbit/s	~1500 Kbit/s
Size/min	10 MB/min	10-20 MB/min	30-70 MB/min	50-150MB/min	50MB/min	4-10 MB/min	4-10 MB/min	4-10 MB/min	216MB/min
Min/74min CD	74min	35-60min	10-20min	4min-10min	10min	60-180min	60-180min	60-180min	3min
Hours/DVD	N/A	N/A	1-2hrs	30min-1hrs	1hrs	7-18hrs	7-18hrs	7-18hrs	20min
Hours/ DualLayerDVD	N/A	N/A	2-4hrs	60min-2hrs	2hrs	13-30hrs	13-30hrs	13-30hrs	37min
Hours/ Blu-ray 25GB	N/A	N/A	8-16hrs	2-4hours	6hours	40-100hrs	40-100hrs	40-100hrs	110min
DVD Player Compatibility	Great	Good	Excellent	None	None	Good	None	None	None
Computer CPU Usage	Low	Low	Low	Very high	Very high	Low	Low	Low	Low
Quality	Bad	Good*	Great*	Superb*	Excellent*	Great*	Great*	Great*	Good

Kbit/s = thousand bits per second
Mbit/s = million bits per second
² approximately resolution, it can be higher or lower
~ approximately bitrate, it can be higher or lower
* the video quality depends on the bitrate and the video resolution, higher bitrate and higher resolution generally means better video quality but bigger file size