[FFmpeg-user] Which videoc codec gives best compression for screen recording?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Tobias Rapp <t.rapp <at> noa-audio.com> writes:

> To minimize the network upload time I searched 
> for file size optimizations.

I understand.
If your input is rgb, do not use -vcodec x264 with 
yuv444p colour space but -vcodec libx264rgb which 
allows higher quality (or smaller file size).

Both (yuv444p and rgb) will not work with all players.

Carl Eugen