I had this list in wikipedia. So easy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A ... esolutionsWell, I already have my glorious TGA sequence rendered. 444 uncompressed and, due to this conversation, figuring out the best storage format.
- TGA seq: 280GB. (8MB/fr)
Unthinkable for this low budget project with infinitesimal odds of revision or re-use.
- DNxHD185: 32 GB.
- JPEG 100% seq: 62GB (1.7MB/fr):
- JPEG 99% seq: 30GB (800KB/fr)
- H264 with no bitrate limit : 13GB.
I'm considering he JPG sequence for some projects because I've read Quicktime for windows is discontinued. If that's true, we'll probably have decades of legacy support, but eventually it'll be out of business, as any other container or codec. Last year I had to read a 1999 job and luckily I found the Matrox MJPEG decoder to read that master. But who knows how long it will be so easy.
I think JPG sequence + WAV audio is the most time-proof storage format. I'm again suprised with the exponential difference in JPEG sizes. 100% quality doubles 99% in file size, with the xnencoder I'm using for the tests.
Very important projects can be stored full uncompressed, it's part of the budget, for my accounting philosohy. As most of you, I decide the storage format and dedicated HD space, depending on many factors: importance, re-usability, odds of revison...
In fact, I usually prefer to store and keep re-usable intermediates or alpha-layer sequences than a huge master.
But, for most of my "deliver and forget" projects, h264 limitless is more than enough.
(sorry the long post... just thinking out loud while waiting for encoding