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- MPEG, CCITT H.261 (P*64), JPEG
- Image and Image sequence compression/decompression C software engines.
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- The Portable Video Research Group at Stanford have developed
- image/image sequence compression and decompression engines (codecs)
- for MPEG, CCITT H.261, and JPEG. The primary goal of these codecs is
- to provide the functionality - these codecs are not optimized for
- speed, rather completeness, and some of the code is kludgey.
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- Development of MPEG, P64, and JPEG engines is not the primary goal of
- the Portable Video Research Group. Our research is focused on
- software and hardware for portable wireless digital video
- communication. For more information about current research, please
- send e-mail to Professor Teresa Meng at meng@tilden.stanford.edu.
-
- COMMENTS/DISCLAIMERS:
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- This code has been compiled on the Sun Sparc and DECstation UNIX
- machines; some code has been further checked on the HP workstations.
-
- For comments, bugs, and other mail relating to the source code, we
- appreciate any comments. The code author can be reached at Andy C.
- Hung at achung@cs.stanford.edu. The standard public domain disclaimer
- applies: Caveat Emptor - no guarantee on accuracy or software support.
-
- References related to these codecs should NOT use any author's name,
- or refer to Stanford University. Rather the Portable Video Research
- Group or the acronym (PVRG) should be used, such as PVRG-MPEG,
- PVRG-P64, PVRG-JPEG.
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- ANONYMOUS FTP:
-
- The following files can be obtained through anonymous ftp from
- havefun.stanford.edu, IP address [36.2.0.35]. The procedure is to use
- ftp with the user name "anonymous" and an e-mail address for the
- password.
-
- CODEC DESCRIPTION:
-
- I) PVRG-MPEG CODEC: (pub/mpeg/MPEGv1.1.tar.Z)
-
- This public domain video encoder and decoder was generated according
- to the Santa Clara August 1991 format. It has been tested
- successfully with decoders using the Paris December 1991 format. The
- codec is capable of encoding all MPEG types of frames. The algorithms
- for rate control, buffer-constrained encoding, and quantization
- decisions are similar, but not identical, to that of the (simulation
- model 1-3) MPEG document. The rate control used is a simple
- proportional Q-stepsize/Buffer loop that works though not very well -
- better rate-control is the essence for good quality buffer-constrained
- MPEG encoding. Verification of the buffering is possible so as to
- provide streams for real-time decoders.
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- The MPEG codec performs compression and decompression on raw raster
- scanned YUV files. The companion display program for the X window
- system is described in section IV) below. A manual of approximately
- 50 pages describes the program's use.
-
- There are also MPEG compressed files from the table tennis sequence in
- tennis.mpg and the flower garden sequence in flowg.mpg.
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- This codec was recently tested with the MPEG decoder of the Berkeley
- Plateau Research group. If what you want is decoding and X display,
- then you might want to look into their faster public domain MPEG
- decoder/viewer. The Berkeley player is available via anonymous ftp
- from toe.cs.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.117) in
- /pub/multimedia/mpeg/mpeg-2.0.tar.Z.
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- II) PVRG-P64 CODEC: (pub/p64/P64v1.1.tar.Z)
-
- This public domain video encoder and decoder is based on the CCITT
- H.261 specification. Some encoding algorithms are based on the RM 8
- encoder. We have tested it against a verified encoded sequence on the
- CCITT 1992 specifications, but we would still appreciate anyone having
- p64 video test sequences to let know. Like the MPEG codec, it
- supports all the encoding and decoding modes, and has provisions for
- buffer-constrained encoding, so it can produce streams for real-time
- decoders.
-
- The H.261 codec takes the similar YUV raster scanned files as the MPEG
- codec, and performs compression and decompresion on raster scanned YUV
- files. It can take standard CIF or NTSC-CIF files. The display of
- these programs is described in section IV) below. A manual of
- approximately 50 pages describes its use.
-
- There are also P64 compressed files from the table tennis sequence in
- table.p64 and the flower garden sequence in flowg.p64.
-
- III) PVRG-JPEG CODEC: (pub/jpeg/JPEGv1.1.tar.Z)
-
- This public domain image encoder and decoder is based on the JPEG
- Committee Draft. It supports all of the baseline for encoding and
- decoding. The JPEG encoder is flexible in the variety of output
- possible. It also supports lossless coding, though not as speedy as
- we would like. The manual is approximately 50 pages long which
- describes its use. The display program for JFIF-style (YUV) files is
- described in section IV) below. The JFIF style is not a requirement
- for this codec - it can compress and decompress CMYK, RGB, RGBalpha,
- and other formats - this codec may be helpful if you wish to extract
- information from non-JFIF encoded JPEG files.
-
- This codec has been tested on publicly available JPEG data. For
- general purpose X display, you might want to try the program "xv"
- (version 2.0 or greater). The JPEG engine of the program "xv" is
- based on the free, portable C code for JPEG compression available from
- the Independent JPEG Group. (anonymous login - ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9
- or 192.48.96.9) /graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v4.tar.Z).
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- IV) X VIEWER: (pub/cv/CVv1.1.tar.Z)
-
- This viewer allows the user to look at image or image sequences
- generated through the codecs described above. These image or image
- sequences are in the YUV colorspace (either JFIF specified or CCIR 601
- specified) and may be 4:1:1 (CIF style) or 2:1:1 (CCIR-601 style) or
- 1:1:1 (non-decimated style). A short manual of approximately 2 pages
- describes its use.
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
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- Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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- I am especially grateful to Hewlett Packard and Storm Technology for
- their financial support during the earlier stages of codec
- development. Any errors in the code and documentation are my own.
- The following people are acknowledged for their advice and assistance.
- Thanks, one and all.
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- The Portable Video Research Group at Stanford: Teresa Meng,
- Peter Black, Ben Gordon, Sheila Hemami, Wee-Chiew Tan, Eli Tsern.
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- Adriaan Ligtenberg of Storm Technology.
- Jeanne Wiseman, Andrew Fitzhugh, Gregory Yovanof and
- Chuck Rosenberg of Hewlett Packard.
- Eric Hamilton and Jean-Georges Fritsch of C-Cube Microsystems.
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- Lawrence Rowe of the Berkeley Plateau Research Group.
- Tom Lane of the Independent JPEG Group.
- Katsumi Tahara from Sony.
- Ciaran Mc Goldrick.
- Karl Lillevold
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