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(*)If 'Fast integer' + MMX method for compression produce blocky artifacts, use integer or float method for compression to try to avoid artifacts.
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(*) All color space conversions are MMX optimized !
(**) You need to set IF09=1 in M3JPEG.INI
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Tested capture cards without M-JPEG hardware codec |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec real-time compression |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec decompression to accelerated output |
ATI all In Wonder Pro | OK | OK |
Miro PCTV | OK | N/A |
Happauge WinTV | OK | N/A |
ASUS V3400TNT/TV | OK | OK |
Coreco Bandit | OK | OK |
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If your capture software does not allow real-time
compression, you can use VidCap.
You can download it here for
free.
Unzip VidCap.exe and run it.
Select the 'options' menu,
then 'compression...'
choose the 'Morgan Multimedia 32-bits MJPEG codec'
start capture...
To get the best results with VidCap and your card
select the 'options' menu
then 'Video Format...' choose YUY2 or btYUV (Y41P) or YV12 and see wich one
gives you the best result.
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FourCC supported |
MJPEG hardware in the PC |
MJPG | The most common (Fast, Miro, Iomega, ...). If your hardware handle the 'MJPG' FourCC, you should find the key "vidc.mjpg=..." in the [Drivers32] or [Drivers] section of the SYSTEM.INI file. |
dmb1 | Matrox Rainbow Runner, RR-G, Marvel. |
jpeg | QuickTime Photo-jpeg streams. |
Decompression Benchmark |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v1.60 |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v2.00 |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v2.00 SMP |
YUY2 | 34.9 | 46.5 | 76.0 |
UYVY | 35.0 | 46.7 | 76.2 |
RGB 16 555 | 28.9 | 44.4 | 77.1 |
RGB 16 565 | 28.0 | 43.3 | 77.1 |
RGB 24 | 30.4 | 39.5 | 69.6 |
RGB 32 | 29.9 | 41.3 | 68.8 |
Compression
Benchmark |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v1.60 |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v2.00 |
Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec v2.00 SMP |
YUY2 | 39.5 | 42.4 | 42.1 |
UYVY | 38.0 | 39.7 | 37.9 |
RGB 16 555 | 26.4 | 23.4 | 23.5 |
RGB 16 565 | 24.3 | 24.9 | 25.1 |
RGB 24 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 27.6 |
RGB 32 | 20.7 | 26.7 | 27.0 |
AVI file : 640x480 - M-JPEG 4:2:2 - Quality 95 - 2080 KB/s
Benchmark software: codecBench (home made). Download it here for free (source code included).
PC :
MB Abit BP6 440BX bus @ 100Mhz
2 x Celeron 300A oveclocked @ 450Mhz (4x100)
128Mb SDRAM PC133 @ 100Mhz
ATI Rage 128
Western Digital 20Gb ATA66 / HPT366 controler
Windows Me / Windows 2000 professional
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