Which movie codec delivers a dvd quality file within the smallest size?
I’m also a big fan of XviD and in general it will result in smaller sizes than H.264, however compression artifacts are still generally noticeable. XviD also has the advantage of being free. Using higher resolutions and higher bitrates with XviD files allows you to achieve near-DVD quality, but the size of the files increases significantly and it also uses up considerable system resources. So if you really want to achieve the best size to quality ratio, in my opinion, H.264 does the best job. Here’s a little more info on both codecs I’ve mentioned: H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10, or AVC, for Advanced Video Coding, is a digital video codec standard which is noted for achieving very high data compression. It was written by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) as the product of a collective partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). The ITU-T H.264 standard and the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10 standard (formally, ISO/IEC 1
