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| I wasn't sure how to fit this stuff into the article, so will just make some quick points here:
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| * The term 'Codec' can apply to any compression/decompression - including audio (http://FLAC.sf.net, http://Speex.org, http://Vorbis.com (in the .ogg container), MPEG-1 layer 3 (known as .mp3), still picture (png, jpg, gif, JPEG2000, http://DjVu.org), or even 'generic' data (zip, gz, bz2, 7z (this is very high compression, see http://7-zip.org).
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| * Implementing MPEG standards (such as mp3 or H-264) is difficult to do without encountering patent issues which will require royalty payments to http://MPEGLA.com
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| * As a bit of curiosity: Xvid is Divx spelled backward
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| * Dirac.sf.net ''Dirac is a video codec that provides general-purpose video compression and decompression tools comparable with state-of-the-art systems. Dirac is a format and a compression technology, not a specific codec.''
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| * Schrodinger.sf.net ''The Schrödinger project will implement portable libraries for the high quality Dirac video codec created by BBC Research and Development. Dirac is a free and open source codec producing very high image quality video.''
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| -- [[User:Ownut|Ownut]] 09:30, 31 January 2008 (PST)
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