How to Understand Codecs

Ever found yourself lost in the maze of codec options when shooting, editing, and delivering your video? You're not alone. In this video, Chase from Zacuto explains the basics of choosing and setting up your codecs for every step of your production. Concepts such as interframe vs. intraframe, color depth, and bitrates are explained as they pertain to your workflow.
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[@deivedux9342]

I love how you managed to explain a very complex subject in a way that a even a little kid would understand what you're talking about. That is what I call a quality content.

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Lol your quotations make it seem like you’re being sarcastic.

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[@memo6032]

That isn't true. You think so only because you have heard these information before or you're kind of acquited with it even if you didn't fully get it. I, for example, understood everything in the capture codec almost effortlessly, I know what bits and pixel means and everything. But when he started talking about frames, I totally zoomed out.

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[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

This video is definitely a good example of how to make an informative video: good script, informative, plenty of visuals, and good editing. 👍 Thanks.

[@BensWanderlust]

This is hands down the shortest and best-explained video on codecs. Thank you!

[@david243121]

great content. great video. great visuals. definitely helped me understand the subject matter better. good work guys and gals.

[@maryamhassan132]

I love how you turned this moistener of a beast to figure out into something pretty easy to understand and way more manageable!!!

[@4FlexxMusic]

Really appreciate the effort put in to this video. I'm completely new to all of this and I could just about keep up with everything said/shown. I would love a video on audio codecs too produced by the same people =].

[@gabaktech]

please make a video about PRO RES and their different options

[@fabianrohrhofer]

just summed up half my semester in 8 minutes thanks!

[@surajradhakrishnan3617]

OMG after all these years. I finally understand it. Thank you!

[@aceaxl]

i admire the video editor of this video. Amazing explanation.

[@OhMyRoystone]

Great explanations and visualisations, exactly what I was looking for. Well done!

[@carls.2649]

Excellent breakdown. Thanks!

[@hakeem-ji]

really the best presentation on this topic. the illustrations specially were clean, simple and logical. well done b&h!

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevens7642]

A quick explanation/visual(think audio bit depth) of how colors are "summed" would make this incredible video even better. THANK YOU!

[@BandH]

With 8-bit video file formats each color channel will have a variation of 256 shades per channel. The resulting combination of 256 shades each of red, green and blue means that there are 16,777,216 (256 x 256 x 256) possible colors. When you move up to 10-Bit you have 1,024 shades per channel, which when multiplied in the same way equals 1,073,741,824 possible colors. Thanks! -Joey P

[@giosanfilippo]

my brain doesn't hurt that much since I was studying for university. Great explanation!

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Very informative and clear to understand.👍

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This is really really really good info. Damn I love B&H.

[@4740424]

We didn't learn smth, we learned a hella things! Thank you so much!

[@philemotion8876]

Great review Chase, thank you !!

[@Rider_97]

Simply a brilliant use of video

[@honey4xi]

Very good visual explanation.

[@town3]

Great work and keep the videos coming thanks

[@SamHolland]

SOOO Helpful. Thank you !

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Love You bro...So simple you have explain.

[@ShurekHam]

You kidding? This was amazing! Thank you

[@Iniesta970]

Great animations and explanations!

[@user-ot3dc8sj7z]

1:02 WARNING! Perfectionism trigger.

[@Ukepa]

excellent video... I've heard these terms over the years without a clear understanding... thanks a lot!

[@BandH]

Glad it was helpful!

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Great content comes with great visualization and presentation! Thumb up!

[@alexkarthick]

Awesome explanation! Thank you!!

[@cuisined]

This was Fantastic tutorial!

[@ChrisGeden]

Great job, guys.

[@mdturnerinoz]

This was really good! Thanks! I wold be interested in pointers to a deeper dive into this as well!

[@crankdmedia7247]

Great Work. Thank you.

[@sirzavier]

Hermoso, llevo buscando algo de este estilo desde hace bastante.

[@johnkalina8895]

Holy cannoli, this was one of the best videos I’ve seen on this subject. So detailed yet so comprehensible. Thank youuuuu!

[@BandH]

Glad it was helpful!

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Good commenting. I am going to google “Holy cannoli”. Word or expression derivations are interesting. Thanks.

[@toxic_narcissist]

Beautifully expained. Understood everything from the first time. This is amazing video.

[@BandH]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

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Excellent video.

[@umair146]

Learnt allot ...Thanks B&H

[@Pabula]

Really amazing video, learn a lot in such a little time, thanks for sharing.

[@MammadAliyev]

great video. comprehensive and understandable

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Life saving tutorial.

[@Kneichion]

Excellent starting point

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great explanation you got there!!

[@Adventureruler]

Thanks for the info!

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Great video! Thanks.

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great quality video, bravo

[@rocketrollsvlogs7625]

Great job. Now I get it.

[@vhtsouza]

undeniably the best video on codecs

[@BandH]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@TacticalTopher]

​@@BandH At the end there... what's the side effect of allows more frames for the key frame settings? Just render time?

[@samh4245]

very informative and quick explanation on codec. Thank you :)

[@mujahidali6988]

Real nice and illuminating explanation

[@TheDude-vx6wn]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@MrSeanmacisaac]

explained codecs far better than my university instructor

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Great video bro!

[@auachee]

If content creators had the same hability to handle quite complex subjects for newbies I wouldn't be watching this video

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Excellent video

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Excellent video. Liked and subscribed.

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great tutorial!

[@Bryan-bh7cy]

OMG , very clear ! Thank you

[@DavidKatz]

This is awesome !

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very difficult very nice subject to learn more about. Thank you a lot!

[@Nellychanelle]

Thank you

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extremely informative video guys...thnx a lot...plz keep posting such videos...it helps a lot...thnx....thumbs from me

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great video thanks

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It was awesome video, thank you!!!

[@millervideos1000]

today i saw your video,it is very useful to unterstant, using animation is also nice,we expect more video the same type from your side to cinematography information, thanks once again.

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really good information

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That amazing, good video. Thanks

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in detail thank you

[@LucBoeren]

Thanks a bunch

[@Layarion]

great video, helped alot. could you make another one that goes even deeper?

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Very helpful!

[@DimaDesu]

Great, thanks!

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PERFECT!

[@YelaDuck]

Thank for for the video! How long have you been doing this work?

[@hashira9526]

wow so helpful !

[@SelenaHernandez]

This is what editors need to watch to understand how to process and transfer Codex then when they encounter a problem.... They can just problem solve without watch all these long a** exporting KZbin videos that only show you how to export at H.264 at match source high bitrate but not acknowledge when the export comes out all glitched and crazy

[@nachikethreddy3719]

Are capture bitrates always CBR?

[@georgecombii5680]

Great video! Can you guys recommend me some book/website where I can get some further documentation on this topic ?

[@koreitv2605]

Thnks a million

[@georginajovanovic]

Good thanks

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thanks for the knowledge :) awesome video

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching, Raj!

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Perfect and very clear! Thanks

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well done all around

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amazing

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Nice info

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Thank you

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Great video

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching!

[@ProgrammerSheep]

Awesome

[@danischannel]

Have you guys made any videos on upscaling 1080p footage to 1440p/ 4k ?

[@RedHotChiliFleyfleh]

Thank you for this video. Just a clarification, on a Canon camera while recording, All-i is the intra frame and IPB is the inter frame compression?

[@BandH]

Canon has added two compression formats- Interframe (IPB) and Intraframe (ALL-I) in the new generation mid and high-end EOS DSLR featuring DIGIC 5+ Digital Image Processor. IPB and ALL-I are essentially different methods of compressing movie files. There are varied benefits to using either IPB or ALL-I compression configurations. Videographers can choose the compression format base on shooting subjects and post production need. >Mark

[@RedHotChiliFleyfleh]

@@BandH thank you for the reply :)

[@thomasalexander1563]

Like this tutorial.. the animation is so good and real.. want to learn more this subject codec.. Next topic .. Can you explain codec in audio? this will be super helpfull

[@BandH]

Thank you for the suggestion. More B&H codec articles: bit.ly/2fXhwkX bhpho.to/2fWIH0j >Mark

[@PhillipTheDj]

Having studied (spend..) 2 years video editing to find out in a 8 min video the meaning of Codecs...

[@craigluchin4585]

What's the difference between 12, 14, and Raw?

[@animepussy8356]

I only wish I could edit like the person who made this :O

[@douglas.barbosa]

What about CBR and VBR? Nice video! Tks.

[@BandH]

What would you like to know about CBR and VBR. They are not codec or file formats. Please send your questions to: [e-mail] >Mark

[@Visualsthatgohard]

Aye, Gang you nailed it well even a 7yo would get it on gang.

[@db4ktv579]

I’m shooting with a Sony FDR AX33 4K Handycam using the XAVC S codec. I use Davinci Resolve 15 and choose the H.264 render option. My render speeds are terrible. If I were to shoot using AVCHD would I notice any significant improvement in render times or should I changed the export codec from H.264? My machine is a Ryzen 7 with a 1080 GEFORCE GTX FTW, 16GB of Gskill RAM. I was hoping this build with nVME drives would cruise through the rendering process. Seems as soon as my machine gets to rendering any frames with special effects, the GPU is not taxed at all, neither is my processor, but my RAM begins to uptick to about 55 to 60% usage.This is exclusively for KZbin. Someone please help me out, I’m lost! Lol

[@BandH]

We would love to assist you with this question, but we would need a bit more information to help you out. Please feel free to email us at [e-mail]. From there we can better help you trouble shoot. Thanks! -Joey P

[@naja8246]

Can I use one codec for encoding and another one for decoding same data ?

[@BandH]

Sure. But a conversion will need to take place. >Mark

[@JagaatBhari]

Any recommendation of book to study codecs from video editor's perspective?

[@BandH]

We offer: Focal Press Book: Technique of Film Editing, 2nd Edition by Karel Reisz, Gavin Millar B&H # FOTFE2 Focal Press Book: Make the Cut: A Guide to Becoming a Successful Assistant Editor in Film and TV B&H # FOMC Here is another video we offer: bhpho.to/2EP0EPq >Mark