BeAMan

I want to know what Polygons Per Second is all about. I did a google search, but it mostly showed pages talking about how it could be calculated. I want to know what it is!

I had read the wikipedia article before posting here. I thought the folks over here would be having more information.

What is meant by a segmentation fault? Why does it happen? And how can it be fixed?

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?