[MPlayer-users] Anybody using huffyuv for archiving?

[Martin Collins]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:42:36 +0100
VJ <vijay.s.gill at gmail.com> wrote:

>    I am trying to use huffyuv (-vcodec=huffyuv)  for archiving my DV
> recordings from Sony handycam.

Why on earth would you do this? DV is a lossy format, converting it
to a lossless one will gain you nothing and lose you disc-space.

> Also is it any good to use 2-pass with huffyuv?

No.

Martin