Best lossless video compression

MSU Lossless Video Codec 0.6.0

Graphics&Media Lab Video Group

Free high quality lossless video codec. It has the best compression ration among free lossless video codecs. Supports RGB, YUY2 and YV12. Allows to set up speed/compression ratio compromise by choosing appropriate motion compensation algorithm. Allows to set up loss/compression ratio compromises. Performs accurate denoisng in temporal and spatial domains during lossy compression.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 157 K

Released: Sep 19, 2005

Download: http://www.compression.ru/video/ls-codec/msu-ls-codec.exe

Keywords: Video, codec, free, lossless, download

FastCodec 1.0

VideoSoft.org

FastCodec - free fast lossless video codec designed for video capture. Another usage - video data archiving. Supported input and output formats are: YUY2, RGB24, RGB32. Codec has two compression modes: lossy (only for RGB input) and lossless.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 166 K

Released: Aug 01, 2006

Download: http://videosoft.org/res/download/codecs/fastcodec/fastcodec-setup.exe

Keywords: Video capture, video compression, hdtv, vfw, directshow

YUVsoft's Lossless Video Codec 1.0.3

YUVsoft

Lossless Video for Windows video codec with the highest compression ratio. Supports RGB24, YV12, YUY2 color formats. Free for non-commercial use. Can be used with VirtualDub and other programs supporting VfW codecs.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 107 K

Released: Dec 28, 2006

Download: http://www.yuvsoft.com/download/lossless-codec/YUVsoft-ls-codec.zip

Keywords: Lossless video codec, Video for Windows, VirtualDub

MSU Screen Capture Lossless Codec 1.2

Graphics&Media Lab Video Group

Free lossless codec for video captured from screen. It has the best compression ratio among free lossless video codecs (on this kind of video). Can be used to make software presentations, videolessons and tutorials. Works in RGB24 colorspace.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 111 K

Released: Feb 13, 2007

Download: http://www.compression.ru/video/ls-codec/msu-sc-codec.exe

Keywords: Screen capture, presentations, videolessons, tutorials

ScreenPressor 1.0

Dee Mon

ScreenPressor allows you to record screen activities to a very small video file with 100% quality. It is a video codec designed specifically for screen capture. It is lossless which means it always keeps 100% quality (no artifacts at all!) and it has the best compression in its field, making your video files smaller than other codecs. It can be used with any screen capture application like the free CamStudio or commercial Camtasia and HyperCam.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Shareware

Cost: $39.95 US

Size: 106 K

Released: May 26, 2009

Download: http://www.thedeemon.com/ScreenPressor/ScreenPressor.exe

Keywords: Compression, camstudio, camtasia, screenpressor, screen

Etymonix MPEG-2 Video Codec 1.10

Etymonix Inc.

Professional-quality MPEG-2 I-frame software-only Video for Windows codec. Preserves video quality while providing better compression than lossless solutions. Ideal for video editing. There is no logo overlay in the registered version.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Shareware

Cost: $50.00 US

Size: 812 K

Released: May 31, 2002

Download: http://www.etymonix.com/download/etxvc110.exe

Keywords: Editing, mpeg, encoder, decoder, multimedia

JurikSoft Compression Library 1.1.0

JurikSoft

JurikSoft Compression Library is a .NET component with a set of methods, which allow Compress array of bytes using lossless compression algorithms. Current version of compression library include following compression algorithms: LZSS, Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Prefix Codes and Run Length Encoding algorithm.

Platform: Windows

Developer Tools

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.00 US

Size: 800 K

Released: Sep 15, 2004

Download: http://juriksoft.net/files/JSCompressionLib.exe

Keywords: Compression, RLE, Compress

Infima Compression Library 2.0

Infima Technologies Co

New compression format. Infima Compression Library SDK was built from the ground up for better compression ratio and speed but not at the cost of performance.

Platform: Windows, NT, ME, 2000 and XP, Linux

Business

Type: Shareware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 927 K

Released: Jul 07, 2007

Download: http://www.myinfima.com/business_solutions/InfimaCompressionLibraryEva

Keywords: Streaming, JPEG, Bit-to-bit, MyInfima, Compress Library

JPEG Lossless Rotator 5.0

Anry

When you rotate a JPEG photo, most image editors decode the photo, rotate the bitmap and then reencode it back to JPEG. This process slightly decreases the final image quality. Unlike other tools, the JPEG Lossless Rotator does not recode your photo but performs a special lossless block transformation. As a result, the rotated photo has exactly the same quality as the original. JPEG Lossless Rotator is easy to use and free utility.

Platform: Windows

Design & Photo

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 1828 K

Released: Oct 16, 2006

Download: http://www.anryhome.com/jpegr_setup.exe

Keywords: Converting, quality, image, photo, picture

Machete 3.2

MacheteSoft

Machete is a quick and lean video editor. Currently, Machete can edit AVI and WMV (ASF) video files and WMA audio files. All editing operation are performed without re-encoding and do not result in loss of quality (so-called lossless editing).

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Shareware

Cost: $19.95 US

Size: 1884 K

Released: May 27, 2009

Download: http://www.machetesoft.com/downloads/MacheteInst32.exe

Keywords: Video trimmer, video edit, cut commercials, remove audio, replace audio

WinZip 12.0

WinZip Computing

The most popular Zip utility is powerful and easy-to-use. WinZip zips and unzips files quickly to save disk space and reduce email transmission time. WinZip integrates with Windows seamlessly, opens RAR, 7Z and other file types, features AES encryption to keep files secure, Explorer-style view, and now offers lossless JPEG compression and other photo management capabilities. Choose Standard or Pro, with CD/DVD burning and automated data backup.

Platform: Windows

Utilities & Drivers

Type: Shareware

Cost: $29.95 US

Size: 12885 K

Released: Sep 10, 2008

Download: http://download.winzip.com/winzip120.exe

Keywords: ISO, RAR, BZ2, burn DVD, self extractor

Elecard StreamEye Tools 2.0

Elecard Ltd

Elecard StreamEye tools are powerful applications designed for professionals and prosumers in the video compression field. Elecard StreamEye tools enable the user to perform an effective in-depth analysis of video sequences.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Shareware

Cost: $598.00 US

Size: 2339 K

Released: Oct 22, 2005

Download: http://www.elecard.com/ftp/pub/mpeg/StrEye/ESEye_Tools_2_0.zip

Keywords: Video quality, video compression optimization, video sequences, AVC/H, 264

PPT To Video Scout 1.21

ByteScout

Converts PowerPoint presentations (PPT) into MPEG, AVI, VideoCD, DVD video with sound. Different video and audio compression modes are supported (including DivX, MP3). Features: Converts presentations into AVI, MPG video with sound support; NTSC, PAL, other audo and video compression are supported; Ability to use auto mode (slides are changed automatically);

Platform: Windows

Business

Type: Shareware

Cost: $49.00 US

Size: 2657 K

Released: Oct 07, 2006

Download: http://www.bytescout.com/pad/ppttovideoscout.zip

Keywords: Sound, divx, mp3, dvd, videocd

ViMark 1.0.0

River Past Corporation

ViMark is free, easy-to-use and uniformed video encoding benchmark to test your system's performance on video compression. ViMark makes it easy to test the system, publish the result, compare to others and fine tune the system.

Platform: Windows

Audio & Video

Type: Freeware

Cost: $0.00 US

Size: 11495 K

Released: Oct 17, 2006

Download: http://download.vimark.info/vimark_setup.exe

Keywords: Software, encoding, benchmark

AVS Video Cutter 5.2

Online Media Technologies Ltd., UK

AVS Video Cutter is easy to use and full-featured tool for fast and lossless MPEG video editing with automatically, exact and time-saving scene detection by scanning and splitting your video into episodes. Cut unwanted parts and remove TV advertisings from DVDs or video files. Leave the scenes you need, delete the ones you don't. Works with many MPEG files: MPEG 1 and MPEG 2, Video DVD including VOB and VRO and MPEG4.