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== [[Video_codec|Video Codecs]] ==
== [[Video_codec|Video Codecs]] ==
*'''[[X264|x264]]''' - [[H.264]] (MPEG-4 part 10) implementation
*'''[[X264|x264]]''' - [[H.264]] (MPEG-4 part 10) implementation
*'''[[Xvid]]''' - [[MPEG-4]], competes with [[Divx]]
*'''[[XviD]]''' - [[MPEG-4]] codec, competes with [[DivX]]
*'''[[Theora]]''' - Based off [[VP3]], part of the Ogg Project
*'''[[Theora]]''' - Based off [[VP3]], part of the Ogg Project
*'''[[Dirac]]''' - [[Wavelet]] based codec created by the [[BBC]]
*'''[[Dirac]]''' - [[Wavelet]] based codec created by the [[BBC]]
*'''[[Snow_(codec)|Snow]]''' - Wavelet based codec from the [[FFmpeg]] project
*'''[[3ivx]]''' - MPEG-4
*'''FFV1''' - [[Lossless|lossless]] codec from FFmpeg


== [[Audio_codec|Audio Codecs]] ==
== [[Audio_codec|Audio Codecs]] ==

Revision as of 03:59, 27 October 2005

This is a listing of open source multimedia codecs and containers.

  • Vorbis - Lossy compression, part of ogg project
  • Speex - Intended for low bitrate compression, primarily voice
  • Musepack - An attempt to replicate the MP3 format
  • FLAC - Lossless compression

Text Codecs

(generally used for subtitles/closed captioning)