Comparison of cinepak, intel, microsoft video and indeo codec for video compression

TL;DR

This paper compares the effectiveness of Cinepak, Intel, Microsoft Video, and Indeo codecs for video compression using PSNR as an objective quality metric, highlighting differences in file size and picture quality.

Contribution

It provides an objective comparison of four popular video codecs for compression quality and efficiency using PSNR, a standard metric in video processing.

Findings

Indeo codec shows higher PSNR values indicating better quality.

Cinepak results in smaller file sizes but lower quality.

Microsoft Video and Intel codecs offer a balance between quality and compression.

Abstract

The file size and picture quality are factors to be considered for streaming, storage and transmitting videos over networks. This work compares Cinepak, Intel, Microsoft Video and Indeo Codec for video compression. The peak signal to noise ratio is used to compare the quality of such video compressed using AVI codecs. The most widely used objective measurement by developers of video processing systems is Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR). Peak Signal to Noise Ration is measured on a logarithmic scale and depends on the mean squared error (MSE) between an original and an impaired image or video, relative to (2n-1)2. Previous research done regarding assessing of video quality has been mainly by the use of subjective methods, and there is still no standard method for objective assessments. Although it has been considered that compression might not be significant in future as storage and transmission capabilities improve, but at low bandwidths compression makes communication possible.