Brief explanation of different categories of codecs, then a visual comparison of H.264 (a distribution codec) vs. DNxHD (an intermediate codec), showing how and why H.264 works well for final distribution but should generally not be used when there's still visual changes to make to a project.
1:20 clarifying a "container type" (MOV/MXF) vs codec
3:07 "codec family" vs "codec"
4:07 some common codec families and what they're used for
4:54 what is an "intermediate" vs "distribution" codec
7:11 codec options within a codec family
8:54 explanation of visual test examples
9:30 video example: same graded clip in DNxHD, DNxHR, and H.264
10:42 comparison of file sizes between different codecs
11:37 video example: zoomed in detail comparison of H.264 vs DNx codecs
13:56 video example: same ungraded clip exported in DNxHD vs H.264 *THEN* graded
16:22 video example: zoomed in detail comparison of different codecs graded AFTER export/compression (note: this is harder to distinguish once uploaded through YT and put through another round of compression)
