YV12: Best quality video codec (lossless) * Summary: If you want to edit the recorded video with a video editing program, choose ' Motion JPEG.'ĥ. Motion JPEG is an ideal codec for most users who want to edit a recorded streaming video in Vegas Pro or Adobe Premiere Editor. In other words, each frame is a keyframe, allowing you to edit the recorded video easily. Motion JPEG (M-JPEG or MJPEG) is a video format in which each video frame is a JPEG image. Motion JPEG (MJPEG): Best codec for video editing * Summary: If you want to get smaller videos than Xvid, choose ' MPEG-1.'Ĥ. The MPEG-1 codec offers a good quality of video and uses much less CPU than other codecs (The quality of MPEG-1 is similar to Xvid.) Most media players, including YouTube, support the MPEG-1 codec. MPEG-1: Better compression ratio than Xvid MPEG-1 is the most widely compatible, lossy audio/video format in the world. * Summary: If you can't choose the H.264 encoder in Bandicam, choose ' Xvid.'ģ.

The Xvid codec is faster than MPEG-1 (Xvid uses lower CPU usage than MPEG-1). Most CD/DVD players, Smartphones, SmartTVs, and media players support the Xvid codec, making it one of the best video codecs for most users.

Xvid: Best codec for most users Xvid is used in many other applications/hardware and has gained great popularity. * Summary: If you can choose H.264 encoder in Bandicam, choose ' H.264.'Ģ. The speed of hardware accelerated H.264 codec (Nvidia® NVENC, Intel® Quick Sync video, AMD VCE/VCN) may be faster than Motion JPEG with high performing computers. However, the hardware accelerated H.264 codec solves the issue with the codec speed. Usually, the H.264 codec is not suitable for real-time video recording because it uses much more system resources and the codec speed is much slower than others. The hardware-accelerated H.264 codec allows users to record the target with high speed, high compression ratio, and excellent quality. Hardware accelerated H.264 codec (GPU): Best codec for advanced users H.264 may be faster than Motion JPEG with high performing computers.ġ.Comparison of codec speed: RGB24 (Fastest) > YV12 > Motion JPEG > Xvid > MPEG-1 (Normal).

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