{"id":99,"date":"2005-07-27T22:09:39","date_gmt":"2005-07-28T04:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/?p=99"},"modified":"2006-05-18T10:43:23","modified_gmt":"2006-05-18T17:43:23","slug":"implementing-a-testbed-for-the-palettized-animation-video-codec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/implementing-a-testbed-for-the-palettized-animation-video-codec\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing A Testbed For The Palettized Animation Video Codec"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided it is time to stop talking about what I going do and start talking about how I am going to do it. I want to try my hand at creating a new video codec. This is my first attempt at such a feat. I need to write both the encoder and decoder simultaneously. I need to develop some idea about which coding theories I wish to test and how I will go about testing them. I need test vectors for encoding.<\/p>\n

But first and foremost, I need a name for this new codec. I have decided on “Palettized Animation Video Codec.” That is what its name shall be unless someone can come up with a better name. The fourcc shall be ‘PAVC’ which is yet unclaimed (although ‘PDVC’ is claimed according to fourcc.org). Since this is an article about PAVC, I need to lead in with some cool shots of old video games, if only as a reminder of this endeavor’s challenge:<\/p>\n

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\nCrystalis, NES<\/a>
\nWidely regarded as the finest video game ever produced<\/em>
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\n\"Crystalis\"\n<\/td>\n		\n\"Solar
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\nSolar Jetman, NES<\/a>
\nPerhaps the toughest Nintendo game to get the hang of<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Things I need to start this experiment:<\/p>\n