Hi. I am interested in studying an open source video codec (for academic reasons). I mean, I really want to look into the code and understand how it works. I am sure many of you must have studied codecs. Could you please suggest me an easy codec (which is used in the industry) to study?
Also, how is a video stored on a hard disk? Suppose you have a movie file, say 700 MB in size. How is the audio and video information stored? Is it stored in continuous locations, or is it stored in fragments?