[Mp4-tech] MSU Lossless codecs comparison - 2007

[Dmitriy Vatolin]

Dear video codec professionals!
  MSU Lossless codecs comparison - 2007 released now!
  Main questions, answered in comparison:
  * What codec achieve the best compression ratio?
  * Where is H.264 standard lossless video encoding in comparison with
    non standard codecs?
  * What codec have the best speed/ratio results?
  * What advantages multithreading gives to modern codecs supporting it?
    (for example efficiency of x264 lossless compression multithreading
    was tested)
  Main facts:
  * 16 codecs was tested, including x264 (H.264), LOCO, Huffyuv, FFV1, etc
  * 3 color spaces was tested (RGB24, YUY2, YV12)
  * 9 video sequences (with different level of noise and type of motion)
    was used
  * 122 figures was included into paper
  * the comparison paper is 130 pages long
  Comparison URL is:
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/lossless_codecs_2007_en.html
  Any comments and questions are welcome.
  Next "Fourth Annual H.264 Codecs Comparison" codecs registration
  deadline will be in July 2007, please prepare your codecs in good
  time.
Best regards,
 Dr. Vatolin
  Head of MSU Video Group
   mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru