Video Codecs

Current Codecs

on2 vp3

• VP3 Codecs

libavcodec mpeg4

• ffmpeg
• ffdshow - windows directshow codec
• ffdshow-alpha downloads
• FFusion - mac os x quicktime

xvid mpeg4

• http://www.xvid.org/
• windows codec
• quicktime component
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XviD
• http://ronald.vslcatena.nl/docs/xvidfaq.html - though useful for mpeg4 in general

Upcoming Codecs

x264

• http://www.videolan.org/x264.html
• x264 development

Ogg Theora

• http://www.theora.org/
• RadLight Ogg Media DirectShow filter

Snow Wavelet Codec

• Snow wavelet codec

Dirac Wavelet Codec

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/overview.shtml

Ogg Tarkin

• project appears to be dead

Non-free/closed source codecs

divx mpeg4

• http://www.divx.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX

3ivx mpeg4

• http://www.3ivx.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ivx

on2 vp6

• http://www.on2.com/vp6.php3

nero digital

• http://www.nerodigital.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Digital
• http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/131/5
• http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61572&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

Codec Comparisons

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Video_policy
• http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/codecs-104-1.htm

More Information

• mpeg4 standards

-- VideoTech - 15 Feb 2005
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