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Codec Confusion - Audio and video compresison options...
I'm not sure exactly why (perhaps its because codec selection is mostly done without our knowledge?) but there is often a lot of confusion and mystery surrounding audio and video compression which can lead to many misconceptions. For example did you know that AAC is NOT an Apple codec? It is actually the successor to MP3 developed by Fraunhofer - the same people that created the original MP3 format. Also like MP3 (to use its full title MPEG1 Layer 3) it has also been included in the Motion Picture Expert Group's standards as MPEG2 Part 7 and MPEG4 Part 3.
In this blog I hope to describe the important elements of audio and video compression and summarise the standards which are out there in a way that people can understand.
(1 comment) Read More...Posted by Daniel: 14:56, Sun 13th May 2007
