RealVideo Best Codec?

StreamingMedia.com announced that RealVideo is the (slightly) best codec right now.

This announcement is going to make me take another hard look at Helix. Looking at solutions for streaming video to mobile devices, it seems like the fastest way to get from zero to a customized streaming solution right now.

I just wish Real hadn’t scared the crap out of me with their 3rd party software bomb of an installer program. I know it’s better now, but, you know, learned behavior and all..From Businesswire:

StreamingMedia.com today announced publication of two new research reports, “Proprietary Streaming Codecs, 2006″ and “Flash Codecs, 2006.” The first report compares RealVideo and Windows Media with top Flash and H.264 codecs, while the second compares the quality of Flash video codecs and encoding tools.

The reports help technology decision makers in corporations, media companies, and mobile markets choose the best codec and compression tools and those producing streaming media to optimize quality and streamline work flow. The reports cost $295 each and are available now at www.streamingmedia.com.

The reports provide an objective counterbalance to the hyperbole coming from both the Flash and H.264 camps. One of the key findings from the Proprietary report, for example, was that the quality of the best Flash and H.264 codecs still trailed RealVideo, often by a significant margin. “While the progress of H.264 and Flash codecs has been impressive,” quipped report author Jan Ozer, “rumors of the demise of all other codecs have been greatly exaggerated.”

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