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Old 28th August 2002, 12:55   #3  |  Link
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I think you have a few things messed up though...

Tarkin (video codec) uses Wavelet compression whereas MPEG uses block-based. The project has only just started, and now that Theora is here I think Tarkin development will slow down considerably.
Which is a shame in my eyes, because I'd much rather see a matured Tarkin than a matured Theora...

Theora (video codec) is based on VP3. It's supposed to be the solution to a demand for completely free-off-charge video+audio in combination with Vorbis. I don't know very much more about this.

By MPEG4 you mean the format MP4. There could be some confusion as the compression standard is also named MPEG4.

VP5 (video codec) is not the little brother of VP3, it's the big brother! VP3 is an infant compared to the (supposed) quality of VP5. I don't believe it's available as of yet.

MCF is a container format just like AVI and Ogg, XCD is a means of storing data on a CD, which can be in any container.

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