This page deals with other technical multimedia topics that don't fit into any other category on the front page.

• Using Advanced 3D Texturing Hardware to Convert Planar YUV to RGB: This paper describes a method of using texturing hardware, such as that used in many modern video game consoles, to convert planar YUV to RGB, in lieu of being able to display planar YUV data directly.
  • dc-yuv2rgb.c: A sample implementation of the conversion technique for the Sega Dreamcast.
• Game Resource File Formats: This is tangentially related to the study of multimedia. Many computer games package multiple data files, including multimedia files, together as one large resource format. In order to study those multimedia files, it is useful to be able to take apart the resource files.
  Currently covers: Wing Commander III & IV TRE, Wing Commander Prophecy TRE, Descent II MVL, Westwood Studios MIX type 1, Baldur's Gate BIFF, Chaos Control GB, and Sierra ITK.
• Multimedia APIs: This document describes an assorted of programming interfaces used to access various binary multimedia modules.
• Undiscovered Codecs: A running list of codecs that currently exist only in binary form; source code is desirable.

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