Representing Video

A video codec COmpressor/DECompressor refers to the methods used to shrink the size of a movie to allow it to be played on a computer or over a network. Almost all video codecs use lossy compression to minimize the huge amounts of data associated with video.

A video codec COmpressor/DECompressor refers to the methods used to shrink the size of a movie to allow it to be played on a computer or over a network. Almost all video codecs use lossy compression to minimize the huge amounts of data associated with video.