{"id":4938,"date":"2020-05-23T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T09:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/van-eck.net\/nieuw\/video-codecs\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T10:26:58","slug":"video-codecs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/van-eck.net\/en\/video-codecs\/","title":{"rendered":"Video codecs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1127698056\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/van-eck.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/unsplash30-4-of-7.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"plantje\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-787651707\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-top:30px;\"><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:80%;\">Video codecs<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-787651707 .text-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n#text-box-787651707 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-787651707 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1127698056 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n}\n#banner-1127698056 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(6, 2, 2, 0.6);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #wat-zijn-codecs\" data-bullet=\"true\" data-link=\"#wat-zijn-codecs\" data-title=\"Wat zijn video codecs?\"><a name=\"wat-zijn-codecs\"><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1212220491\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-2058525763\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2058525763 {\n  padding-top: 35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-515717016\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1128938106\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-513407310\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1045952615\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>What are video codecs?<\/h2>\n<p>Video files are stored in a certain way as a collection of 1s and 0s. If the entire color information of each pixel is stored separately, you get a file that is not compressed (uncompressed). These are very large files that are very expensive to store and can be played back properly on few systems. In practice, therefore, video is almost always compressed. This results in many small files that take up less space (therefore cost). A video codec defines the way in which video files are compressed.<\/p>\n<p>Codecs are constantly evolving. Here is an overview of the most popular codecs currently used for video and film.<\/p>\n<p>In order to test whether your video editing program or equipment such as your smart TV can play a particular codec, I have also included a sample video of each codec mentioned in the sample codec pack that you can download.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1045952615 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2134008169\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>H.264 and ProRes<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, we recommend these the following two codecs: H.264 and ProRes.<\/p>\n<p>H.264 is intended for video distribution\/delivery, while ProRes is intended for post-production. If you want to perform simple editing or playback of a video, you can use H.264, but if you want to perform heavy editing with lots of transitions, effects, layers and color adjustment, it is best to use ProRes.<\/p>\n<p>ProRes is meant for video professionals as an intermediate format and not meant for being able to peel off. Many devices such as TVs cannot handle ProRes!<\/p>\n<p>Van Eck Video Services delivers H.264 as standard. If you want a different format (such as ProRes you can specify it).<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1212220491 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 0px;\n}\n#section_1212220491 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #bitrade \/ bestandsgrootte overzicht\" data-bullet=\"true\" data-link=\"#bitrade \/ bestandsgrootte overzicht\" data-title=\"Standard Definition Films (960\u00d7540, breedbeeld)\"><a name=\"bitrade \/ bestandsgrootte overzicht\"><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1318398730\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-840260346\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-79018671\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Bitrate \/ file size overview<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Format<\/th>\n<th>H264 Bit rate (mb\/sec)<\/th>\n<th>H264 GB\/hour<\/th>\n<th>Prores 422 HQ Bit rate (mb\/sec)<\/th>\n<th>Prores 422 HQ GB\/hour<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SD video (720&#215;576)<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HD film (1920&#215;1080)<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4K film (3840&#215;2160)<\/td>\n<td>80<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>230<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1318398730 {\n  padding-top: 35px;\n  padding-bottom: 35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #voorbeeld\" data-bullet=\"true\" data-link=\"#voorbeeld\" data-title=\"Codec voorbeeld\"><a name=\"voorbeeld\"><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2030400267\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(235, 235, 235);border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-701473019\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-558163962\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>Codec example download<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to verify whether your video editing program can read a codec properly, you can download our codec sample package<a href=\"https:\/\/van-eck.net\/downloads\/van-eck-codec-pack-v3.zip\">(van-eck-codec-pack-v3.zip<\/a>) (1.7 GB).<\/p>\n<p>Description codecs: <a href=\"https:\/\/van-eck.net\/downloads\/codec-overview3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">codec-overview3.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This package contains a 30-second video clip of the above codecs.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-558163962 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2030400267 {\n  padding-top: 35px;\n  padding-bottom: 35px;\n  background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2116567511\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" 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