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Picture after minor JPEG compression with high quality: 440 KB
Picture after major JPEG compression with poor quality: 26 KB
In the full view you hardly notice any change at first glance. In a close-up
detail view, on the other hand, the artifacts are clear to see. Therefore, the
most important thing to consider when selecting the degree of compression
is the size in which the picture is to be viewed or printed.
The JPEG compression technique is suitable for single pictures but not for
video sequences. An adaptation of the JPEG compression method for
video sequences is available under the name M-JPEG.
Data compression is essential particularly for video recordings. Without
compression, a 90-minute film with 25 pictures per second would require
approx. 120 GB of memory.
M-JPEG compression
With M-JPEG (Motion-JPEG), each individual picture of the video sequence
is compressed in accordance with the JPEG technique. This is particularly
good for exact imaging because each single picture is present in full.
However, the amount of memory required is still relatively high.