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Originally Posted by Dark Shikari
But while Theora is the devil we don't know, and H.264 is the devil we know, MPEG-1 is out of patent period and is guaranteed to be safe.
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Anyone done a RD curve against modern MPEG-1 implementations for webish bitrates? I wonder how it would do coupled with a decent postprocessing filter.
Back when I did the Grolier's CD-ROM encyclopedia encodes in MPEG-1 (96-98?), I was able to do pretty good looking 320x240p24 down around 800 Kbps VBR with Heuris MPEG Power Professional. And that was not a good encoder compared to what came in later years once the DVD boom kicked in.
I wonder how it would compare to current Theora builds. Theora certainly has a lot more low-hanging fruit, but if the goal is something unambiguously free to implement...