Anyone know a good reference for how to make a CODEC? [Archive]

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guncam_man

5th February 2008, 23:17

Anyone know a good reference for how to make an AVI CODEC?

I want it so a video player or editor can decode my video files if it has my codec installed.

I figured someone here may know where to point me to at least get me started.

squid_80

6th February 2008, 08:51

Using vfw? Have a look at huffyuv's source code.

MfA

8th February 2008, 06:51

I cleaned up Cedocida a bit to experiment with a really simply yv12 codec, dropping in a new algorithm is trivial.

http://karton.student.utwente.nl/sc.0.2.zip

PS. if I remember correctly the U/V planes are reversed in the RGB conversion on decoding, but that is a single line fix so DIY.