VIDEO CODECS explained! (with GH6, G9 examples)

LONG video with A LOT of info! I hope it is helpful and thanks for watching!

Wow! You put a lot of work and research into this one, Sebastian. I was searching to see if anyone had compared the colors of the G9 and the GH6 and found this video. Glad I took the time watch!

This video is awesome, pure gold! Thank you so much for the info

Awesome breakdown of the various codecs.

Great video, really needed this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 🙂

Hello Sebastian, thanks so much for this explainations, i am very happy because now it's easy to understand the mysterys's codecs and co ;) Jérôme from France

What frame rate options are available for HDMI output at 10bit 422? And, how do you select All-I when outputting hdmi?

Thank you!

Acquisition = RAW / Intermediate = Pro Res 422 HQ / Delivery = H265 would be the perfect workflow for as I use a Mac

This was great.

You’re a blessing from god himself

Hi Yes I do have question. How to setup possibly the best way in terms of image quality Lumix S5 MK II? Thank you

Codec = enCODer and DECoder

Thanks for that info. Good help. I will be using my atomos ninja V with my G9 for capturing video.

Great explained thank you so much now i have at least the feeling to have some understanding to make some videos with my G9

Love the information and spreading it to the community! Would have saved me hours and hours on forums to get my information on codecs and containers!

Je zei je naam op een erg Nederlandse manier hahah! Was vast de bedoeling, goeie video helpt ontzettend!

Best explanations ever. You make it easy to understand! Keep up the good work!

Thans for very informative video. I like to share my experiences with GH5 and GH6 codecs. I have compared especially GH5 all-i and Long GOP 4k quality with 65" quality TV and 400-1000% enlargements and I cant see any meaningfull difference in video quality. I have tested stationary and complex moving videos. In fact Long GOP uses much more bitrate for the reference frames (i with ipb) so the result is cleaner if the IPB codec is good and complex enough like Panasonic h.264 is. I can still see that in stationary videos the IPB is visually cleaner and has less compression artifacts.

The best codec in GH5 and G9 is obviously the 5.2k 10bit 4:2:0. It has way more resolution compared to 4k options.

I wonder if the GH6 4k 422 is better than 420 because they uses the same bitrate and then 420 gets more bitrate to important luminance. Is there any test GH6 422 vs 420? 4k 10bit 422 is also very hard for many computers, for example nVidia graphics cards does not support it. My PC plays GH6 4k 420 silky smooth and silently but 4k 422 makes processors very stressed and noisy.

With GH6 it is a good idea to use 6k codecs because when down sampling it is almost like 4k 444 quality at least if watching with a player. 6k 420 is a lot crisper in good monitor/tv than any 4k.

GH6 all-i videos has very large files. In my opinion there is very little or no benefit using those if ones editing computer can handle h.265 files smoothly. I have not seen any comparison GH6 all-i vs IPB where there is image quality benefits. GH6 prores HQ uses less HR than IPB so it is noisier. It may give a little advantage when using post NR.

Very comprehensive, thank you! The G9 and the G90 also have AVCHD listed among containers, even though it's a MOV in the end. Also I heard that LongGOP is harder to edit because it's more compressed (by the means of those interpolated frames). NO clue if there's any truth to that though.

A really great video, lots of information but presented side by side giving a very good overview. Thanks for all the effort needed to do this. 👍

Great explanation! Keep going!

So in Post it would def make it easier if all codecs ,bit depth and frame rates were avalible to shoot w in camera if i said right? Ill explain. I shoot the highest bit rate availible i beleive pro res and mov . When it comes to low light (standard room can light) the exposure is all over the place from 5.7 k pr to 4k 60 to hd 240 and so on. Very hard to match on the fly and in post . It just has way different illumination if makes sense. Easily i could be doing something wrong.Ill prob reference this video again. Thank You

Nice vidéo,thanks even if I already know the definition of the codecs well. The subject is very well structured and explained...little bit like in old Gerald Undone Videos from 2019-2021...

Excellent! Great and clear explanations. And you are actually talking about my cameras too, the GH6, the G9 (and perhaps the the GH5MkII). Perfect for me for a better understanding.
Thanks!👍🏻

That was a great refresher course! I just shared it on EOSHD. I know you did a video on this not long ago, but what CODEC would you recommend as the MOST efficient for V-LOG? Basically how low would you go? I have a G100 that shoots 8bit 4:2:0 V-LOG (along with a GH6) and I'd like to make use of that, but it's unclear if I should. Obviously, the Panasonic engineers thought it would be "good enough" for mild grading, but I've heard many people say it's not "possible". If I don't shoot in V-Log, should I just shoot "Natural" profile on the G100 and GH6 if I want to match them?

Well done! I appreciate that a lot of work is behind such a comprehensive video!

Great video man, only found the channel recently but it's fantastic. Keep it up!

It’s interesting how you stress me with the info and calm me down at the same time with your voice! Excelent teacher!!

Great!!. But when to use apple pro res?

This channel is way underrated. I've never seen such a concise , no BS explanation of these things. Thanks
Would you mind talking about picture profiles, such as HLG for increased dynamic range? I'm kinda struggling with what settings to use for shooting, how to import to the timeline and what export settings to use for output. Bumped into some weird color results etc

Great! Best explanation I have ever seen about this difficult topic! Thank you very much!

I'm Hungarian, but I understood every word you said. Accurate, thorough, correct. Thanks!

I know I blow you up on every single video you upload, but there is nobody on the Internet that explains things more clearly than you.

Very informative video, I learned a lot.
Thank you