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Originally Posted by tarasdi
Hi,
I read on this thread that a lossless codec will always result in a larger file size.
I don't understand this statement. The purpose of a codec is to compress data - how would throwing computing power at a compression problem _worsen_ the situation?
Winzip achieves lossless compression, and I don't think I've ever seen it produce a larger file size. |
The losseless compression about we here are talking about is different from zip compression,
It doesnt serve to store files, but to create intermediate filtered videos to feed to a compressor,
In fact it is a losseless
decompression
just smaller than pure RGB decompression