[theora] lossless video codec

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Mon, 10/5/10, startx <startx at plentyfact.org> wrote:

> Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> > We have lossless audio codec called flac
> > but no lossless video codec
> > 
> > Why is there no lossless video codec supported by
> xiph?
> > 
> > tom_a_sparks
> > 
> 
> while there is no lossless theora, there is the dirac
> codec
> (http://diracvideo.org) which can be used inside an ogg
> container.
> 
> dirac can be used for lossless encoding.
> 
I never could get dirac working on ubuntu :(

tom
PS: i'll wait for Monty's reply on xiph supporting a lossles video codec