• DSLR Video

  Is H.264 alike WinRAR?

  Posted by Peter Bigman on July 3, 2014 at 9:08 pm

  Hello guys.

  Is the compression made by the camera when recording to memory cards like a WinRAR compression?

  I mean: just like when we unzip a file, will programs like 5DtoRGB recover details that I would lose if I just thrown the original footage into my timeline?

  Joseph W. bourke replied 12 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Gary Huff

  July 6, 2014 at 6:54 am

  [Peter Telmman] “will programs like 5DtoRGB recover details that I would lose if I just thrown the original footage into my timeline?”

  No.
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  Joseph W. bourke

  July 10, 2014 at 11:56 pm

  As Gary says, “No”. However, if you take a look on this Wikipedia article, in paragraph four you will find that it is possible to create a lossless, or partially lossless H.264 clip, but my guess is that it would create a much larger file size, negating the main advantage of H.264, high compression and high quality:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com

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