Uli Plank wrote:BRAW is impressively easy to decode, and very efficient too, since it's using both CPU and GPU (at least on a Mac).
But, of course, a Mac with ProRes hardware in the M3 models is faster with that, for example when transcoding.
Braw is the same on PC and can be decoded either using CPU or/and GPU. Prores is extremely light on both PC and Mac since it was designed as a post and mastering intraframe codec similar to DNxHD/R.
On the iPhone, at least with the BMD app, all forms of H.265 are 4:2:0, with rec.709 (and P3) being 8 bit and rec.2020 or Apple Log being 10 bit (other apps have more control). Whereas all forms of Prores are 10 bit 4:2:2. There is not much discernible difference between Prores 422 HQ and 422 LT for the iPhone; and the latter is better, especially if using rec.709, than shooting on H.265 rec.709 8bit, with the only disadvantage being space. But I find 422 LT to offer a good balance between internal space and quality. There would be little point or gain in having Braw.
While Apple Log workflow seems to be well set, for the 15 pros; shooting on earlier iPhones, such as my 14 pro Max, in rec. 2020 is quite cumbersome, in terms of finding the correct transforms. It took me quite a bit of digging in both Avid and Resolve; and best avoided in the BMD app IMV. I use rec.709 422 LT, for that reason now, on this phone.