BeAMan Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 wikipedia to the rescue - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_codecs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_codecs File format: AVI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave MP4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14 If it's a school project you won't mind having to read them for yourself I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekGoneCrazy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Best way would do it the old fashion way. Google! :D I've personally been interested in Theora or the .ogg Haven't switched though... Seems everything needs its own format. Hard to stick to one. Let alone pick one and try and figure it out. I can imagine the algorithm would be deeply complex. Best of luck! Find anything interesting would be glad to see your findings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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