DOSBox Capture Codec (ZMBV)

12th&saturn · Post by **12th&saturn** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:06 am

This is an interesting codec made specifically for 2D type games. It's lossless and achieves a great ratio. If you have a fairly recent xine-lib / mplayer / VLC version, you can check out samples at:
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/ZMBV/

and more information at:
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?tit ... ture_Codec

It's been recently implemented in OpenMSX (and DOSBox of course), and hopefully it will spread further!

Post by **pagefault** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:49 pm

Not sure how this is better than h264 lossless.

12th&saturn · Post by **12th&saturn** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:25 am

It can be compressed in realtime, and it's lossless (w/no colorspace conversion... dunno if h264 can compress RGB?), making it perfect for intermediate use.