[vorbis-dev] Ogg VEO Codec, video in an Ogg stream

[Jelle Foks]

chad wrote:
> 
> We did make some progress on an opensource video codec named Tarkin.. We do intend it to go into the
> Ogg system, but we have been busy working on vorbis.  We've gotten 1:30 compression, and with the
> ideas we have now (no chance to implement them) we're looking at least 1:50/60 with more dev
> time.. The goal is to have it about 1:100.
> 
> We're still looking to add someone with video experience to the team, so that we can move along with
> this project (:

Does the project have a home page, where is the source, do you have a
document that explains the methods you are using? I'd like to take a
look at it to see if I could be of help.

Cheers,

Jelle.

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> aka IceMonk
> 
> On Sunday, August 27 2000, Ralph Giles said:
> 
> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, David A. Bartold wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I ported a lossy
> > > delta update video compression algorithm to use the Ogg stream
> > > layer.  The algorithm was written several years ago in high school to
> > > play video at about ~5 - 10 fps on their 33mhz 486 + turbo pascal machines
> > > becase writing link list palendrome programs was too easy.
> >
> > Neat. Can you explain your algorithm a bit? What kind of compression are
> > you getting? Looks like your example is around 2.5 bits per pixel. Does it
> > work as well when the movement isn't so well partitioned?
> >
> > > The codec does what it says (at least on an Intel Linux machine), but
> > > isn't useful yet for realtime video decompression.  It can also use some
> > > tweaks to get rid of some wasted bits in the output stream.  Right now, it
> > > depends on GLib and the decoder program depends on Gtk+ for displaying the
> > > frames.
> >
> > I'm working on adding mng as an image/high-quality-video option, BTW.
> >
> >  -ralph
> >
> > --
> > giles at ashlu.bc.ca
> >
> >
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