Video Comparison Tool

Video Comparison Tool is a lightweight Windows application whose purpose is to help you compare two differently encoded videos in a dual panel.The video encoding process, also called video transcoding, enables users to convert a video output into a digital form that can be read by different players, mobile phone, or other devices.When encoding a clip to another format, you may end up with a high, good, or low video quality. Small utilities, like Video Comparison Tool, can give you a hand when it comes to analyzing the quality of two differently encoded videos that have the same content.It was developed with an overall simplicity in mind, so it comes bundled with only a few configuration settings.The main window is minimalistic and gives you the possibility to insert clips into the working environment using only “drag and drop” operations.The program lets you perform a side-by-side comparison, and you are required to drag and drop the largest clip in the first panel and insert its video equivalent in the other pane.What’s more, you can adjust the viewable portion of each video by simply moving the vertical line, which splits the dual window, to the desired position.Other notable characteristics worth mentioning are represented by the possibility to play or pause the current video selection, seek for a position in the audio streams, and adjust the volume.Since it doesn’t require much computer knowledge to set up the dedicated parameters, even rookies can learn to master the entire process with just a few clicks.During our testing we have noticed that Video Comparison Tool carries out a task quickly and provides very good video quality. It doesn’t stress up the CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.All in all, Video Comparison Tool comprises a handy set of parameters for accomplishing the video comparison process.