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Title:	Dirac Video Codec
Author/Publisher:	Official Website
Ease of use:	Not Rated
Latest Version:	0.8 (details)
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License:	Open Source
Date Added:	Oct 14, 2007
Last Updated:	Oct 2, 2007
Page Viewed:	4301 times

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	Title: Official Download Page Link: Download Description: Download Dirac codec/DS filter and various patches from the official site

Description:

Dirac is a general-purpose video codec aimed at resolutions from QCIF (176x144) to HDTV (1920x1080) progressive or interlaced. It uses wavelets, motion compensation and arithmetic coding and aims to be competitive with other state of the art codecs.

Revision History:

Version 0.8

Release Date: Oct 2, 2007
Support for interlaced coding
Added support for full-search block matching.
Improved constant bit-rate coding mode so that quality crashes and rate explosions are reduced.
Improved motion estimation
Added support for larger wavelet-depths in non-MMX mode.
API changes to conform with spec revision 1.0.0.pre9_02. Application using Dirac libraries will need to be recompiled.
Released patches to MPlayer, FFmpeg to comply with this release. Earlier patch to transcode can be used with release.
DirectShow Filter released to be able to play back Dirac v0.8.x files in Windows Media Player
Minor bug fixes.

For video playback problems, please visit afreeCodec.com

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