Resources

This is a list of links (mostly external) to some useful information and articles about such things as audio/video compression, file formats, etc.

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• VC-1 Technical Overview

  
  This is a Microsoft article that provides an overview of VC-1 and details its status as an established open standard. Comparative information is given to demonstrate how well VC-1 compares to two other codecs in use today, H.264 and MPEG-2.
  
  

• VC-1 from Wikipedia

  
  This is a link to Wikipedia's entry about VC-1. This article gives a only brief overview of VC-1 and it's features.
  
  

• A comparison of H.264 and VC-1 from Wikipedia

  
  A brief comparison of H.264 and VC-1. Unfortunately there are a few errors in the tables.
  
  

• The video compression standards of the future: VC-1 and H.264

  
  This is a brief document introducing H.264 and VC-1 by Enciris Technologies.
  
  

• Trade-offs with H.264, VC-1 and other advanced codecs

  
  This is an 2006 EE Times article discussing the newer advanced video codecs.
  
  

• The VC-1 and H.264 Video Compression Standards for Broadband Video Services

  
  This book, by Jae-Beom Lee and Hari Kalva, is a good reference book for those interested in the VC-1 and H.264 standards.
  
  

• An Overview of Advanced Systems Format

  
  This Microsoft article presents Advanced Systems Format (ASF). ASF is a file and container format designed to store multimedia data. It is a format suitable for both streaming over networks and local playback.