http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ codec <p>A codec, which may alternately stand for &#8220;Coder-Decoder&#8221; or &#8220;Compressor/Decompressor&#8221;, is a program that encodes and decodes data. Typically this refers to multimedia codecs such as <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/XviD">XviD</a> that can encode compressed <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/MPEG-4"><span class="caps">MPEG</span>-4</a> video files and play them back again.</p> <p>Codecs are typically divided into two categories: lossy and lossless. Lossy codecs, like <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Theora">Theora</a> are codes whose encoding process strips data deemed unnecessary in favor of small file size. Lossless codecs, like <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/FLAC"><span class="caps">FLAC</span></a> on the other hand rely on algorithmic data compression to compress media without losing a byte of media quality.</p> A codec, which may alternately stand for &#8220;Coder-Decoder&#8221; or &#8220;Compressor/Decompressor&#8221;, is a program that encodes and decodes data. Typically this refers to multimedia codecs such as XviD that can encode compressed MPEG-4 video files and play them back again. Codecs are typically divided into two categories: lossy and lossless. Lossy codecs, like Theora are codes whose encoding process strips data deemed unnecessary in favor of small file size. Lossless codecs, like FLA http://swik.net/codec codec multimedia compression Sat, 13 May 2006 16:15:44 -0700 Sat, 13 May 2006 16:15:44 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/libmpeg2+-+a+free+MPEG-2+video+stream+decoder/ccslg Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:06:03 -0700 http://swik.net/podcasting/del.icio.us+tag%2Fpodcasting/RareWares/cclry Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:05:40 -0700 http://swik.net/open-source/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopen-source/FFmpeg/cb299 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:07:36 -0700 http://swik.net/trixbox/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Ftrixbox/Asterisk+codecs+G.729+G.723.1+binaries/cbjhx Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:57:38 -0700 http://swik.net/trixbox/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Ftrixbox/Miguellinux+%22+G729+en+Asterisk/cbjhw Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:57:36 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Transcode_Wiki%3A+Transcode+Wiki/cbbn6 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:51:49 -0700 http://swik.net/Kubuntu/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fkubuntu/Medibuntu+%3A%3A+Multimedia%2C+Entertainment+%26+Distractions+In+Ubuntu/cbam7 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:44:02 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/VirtualDub+download+%28at+SourceForge%29+-+virtualdub.org/ca2r3 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:51:18 -0700 http://swik.net/podcasting/del.icio.us+tag%2Fpodcasting/eRightSoft/ca0xd Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:50:27 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/MediaCoder+-+more+than+a+universal+audio%2Fvideo+transcoder/cav8s Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:46:55 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/MediaCoder+-+Download+Extra+Codecs+Pack/cav8n Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:46:54 -0700 http://swik.net/License:GPL/del.icio.us+tag%2Fgpl/H.264%2FMPEG-4+AVC+-+Wikipedia%2C+the+free+encyclopedia/caunl Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:45:26 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/VideoLAN+-+x264/cas2d Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:51:10 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Matroska+Official+Homepage+%28MKV%2FMKA%29/casvk Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:33 -0700 http://swik.net/SIP/del.icio.us+tag%2FSIP/Lines+to+VoIP+Bandwidth+Calculator/candc Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:51:12 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/SourceForge.net%3A+ffdshow/cacb1 ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many video and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using libavcodec, xvid and other opensourced libraries with a rich set of postprocessing filters. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:50:01 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ece.uvic.ca%2F%7Emdadams%2Fjasper%2F%23download/caano Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:50:10 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/ffdshow+tryouts+%7C+The+Official+Website/b93sj Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:45:23 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/MediaInfo/b92rj Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:45:07 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/SourceForge.net%3A+Guliverkli2/b91up &gt;This project is based on the latest source code from the original Guliverkli project. The modifications that we have made include library updates, some tweaks and several bug fixes. ... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:49:31 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/libsndfile/b9qm1 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:50:27 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/VideoLAN+developers+-+libdvdcss/b9g3a Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:49:33 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/A52Codec/b89sm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:50:13 -0700 http://swik.net/podcasting/del.icio.us+tag%2Fpodcasting/FLAC+-+Free+Lossless+Audio+Codec/b867v FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:46:54 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Xiph.Org%3A+QuickTime+Components+%3A%3A+About/b8625 Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) is a set of QuickTime and Macintosh OS X plug-ins. Their role is to provide support for Xiph media compression and container formats. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:32 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/crazney.net+-+ALAC/b861y Located here is a basic decoder for Apple Lossless Audio Codec files (ALAC). ALAC is a proprietary lossless audio compression scheme. Apple never released any documents on the format. What I provide here is a C implementation of a decoder, written from r Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:27 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/MPEG4IP+-+Open+Streaming+Video+and+Audio/b861v MPEG4IP provides an end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia. The package includes many existing open source packages and the &quot;glue&quot; to integrate them together. This is a tool for streaming video and audio that is standards-oriented and free from Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:26 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Vorbis+-+Wikipedia%2C+the+free+encyclopedia/b82lr Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:48:21 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/Vlc%3A+Master+Your+Digital+Media+with+VLC/b8w9g Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:56:42 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Vlc%3A+Master+Your+Digital+Media+with+VLC/b8w1w Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:50:55 -0700