Collection of video codecs for AVI (VfW and DirectShow), QuickTime arranged by FourCC (for example, avc1, wmv3, div4, dx50, div3, h264, flv1). Links to software (codecs, decoders, coders, encoders) for AVI, MOV, WMV/ASF, MPEG2/AC3, MPEG4/AAC.
The HTML 5 video element has the potential to liberate streaming Internet video from plugin prison, but a debate over which codec to define in the standard is threatening to derail the effort. Ars takes a close look at the HTML 5 codec controversy and examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of H.264 and Ogg Theora.
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ll codecs (a contraction of code/decode), whether they be for video, audio or some other type of data, exist to change a long bit series into a shorter bit series and back again, or at least into something that closely resembles the original. This magic p