Screentogif: Which GIF encoder to be used in which situation

[panther2]

There are three GIF encoders to select from: 2.0 - 1.0 - System

Are there any hints, pros, cons about when to use which encoder?

[NickeManarin]

2.0 = Only good if there's not so many colors on your recording.
1.0 = General use.
System = Compatibility reasons.

My idea was to completely replace v.1.0 with v2.0, but I couldn't finish to develop that encoder (with more customizations).

[panther2]

Thanks a lot!

[panther2]

@NickeManarin

I am reopening this issue as I noticed a change with the new version 2.8:

Encoder choice is now:

So again my question: Which encoder do you now recommend for which purpose?

Thanks a lot :smiley:

[Riajyuu]

@NickeManarin Why not add them to the tool tips. Now I see only 2.0 has tool tips.

[panther2]

I was under the impression that - because of the renaming from "2.0" to "ScreenToGif" - the "new" encoder was no longer "experimental", that's why I asked - but there still appears "experimental" in the tool tip.

Also in the Wiki there is still the old description:

There's three encoders available: V2, V1 and System. System uses a default palette, very fast, but not so pretty. V1 uses a neural quantizer to calculate the colors. V2 uses a more simple algorithm that gets the most used colors, not suitable to frames with more than 256 colors.

Not sure if "ScreenToGif" represents "V2" at what status (still under development?) and "Vorgänger/Predecessor" is V1...

@NickeManarin would you please explain the actual status/use cases?

Thank you again :smiley:

[NickeManarin]

@panther2 Sorry, the translation (German, I believe) still uses the old naming scheme. It should be v1.0 and v2.0 as the English version says.

I'll replace when I get home. Thanks.

[panther2]

Oh, we already had the labels "v2" and "v1" in prior versions, even in German (as used in my first posting above) ... that's why I thought things have changed...
Thank you for clearing it up, @NickeManarin ...

So the Wiki description is still up to date?

[NickeManarin]

@panther2 Yes. :)

Next big update I'll focus on the encoding process.