codecs general working

[crazypiou]

Hello,
i'm looking for web sites that explain general working of codecs.(I need this theory for a school work). FOr example how the os recognize the good codec to use to read a video file (the fourCC for .avi but for mpeg & other formats?) and the right codec for audio stream...
Thx.

[DAvenger]

Try http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/directx9_c/directx/htm/directshow.asp ;)

[Soulhunter]

Just some insta links about how video compression works... 1, (http://home.earthlink.net/~radse/page10.html)2, (http://www.uncg.edu/irc/docs/streamingmedia/how.html)3, (http://www.peterindia.net/CompressionResources.html)4 (http://www.powertolearn.com/articles/teaching_with_technology/how_compression_works.shtml)! ! ! ;)

[EDIT: Looks much better now... :D]

Bye

[Atamido]

Don't forget about Video For Windows.

[crazypiou]

thx:cool:

[Gil T Pleasure]

Originally posted by Soulhunter
Just some insta links about how video compression works... 1, 2, 3, 5 ! ! ! ;)

Thanks! I especially liked link #2. Btw, what happened to link #4?

[Soulhunter]

No. 4 ??? :confused:

Oooops !!! :rolleyes:

Its corrected now... :D

Bye