Codecs (2): the trendy new ones
3ivX Delta 3.5, available from www.3ivx.com
DIVX codec a.k.a. "OpenDivX.component"
H.263 (included in QuickTime) (Note: Apple VC H.263 is a modified version
used for iChat AV, which doesn't seem to work for creating movie files)
MPEG-4 (if you have MacOS 10.2 "Jaguar" and Quicktime Pro 6)
On2 VP3 Video 3.2, available from www.vp3.com
Pixlet (if you have MacOS 10.3 "Panther")
Sorenson Video version 2.20.304 (included in QuickTime)
Sorenson Video version 3.10.101 (Standard) (included in QuickTime)
ZyGoVideo Basic, available from www.zygovideo.com
Codec Comparisons: In early 2002 - 3ivX winner in the 320x240
resolution
My advice: keep to standard codecs: MPEG-4 (DivX is quite well
known too), or H264
For More: their comparison http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/codecs.html