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Recursor Update 12/29/25

Recursor now beats FFV1! The best video compression!

12.29.2025·updated 12.29.2025
Video TypeRec vs FFV1
Synthetic patterns6.9x better
Screen recording2.4x better
Test patterns22% better
Fractal zoom9% better

Update:

That was using zstd vs FFV1 and some major improvements.
Using RARE-V we get

  Results with RARE-V:
  - mandelbrot.y4m: 4.51x (beats FFV1's 4.15x by 9%!)
  - Roundtrip verified
  - Compression time: 2:29 (faster than before!)