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arpanmukherjee1
arpanmukherjee1 Original post #1
Sep 14, 2009 at 4:43 PM
hello people,

i want to built a codec of my own particularly in C#.

basically , i input a AVI or and other video+audio encoded file and render it on the screen without and third-party coded DLL, just purely programming.

i read the "Coded Programming Guide" in the MSDN but did not find any thing useful.

some websites about basics of codec programming .....
swatkat
swatkat #2
Sep 14, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Probably, you can learn/read about how a codec works, media file formats and decoding them. You can as well check out some open source codecs to get some idea. Here are some links:
*blog.bjrn.se/2008/10/lets-build-mp3-decoder.html
*sourceforge.net/projects/mad/
arpanmukherjee1
Sep 15, 2009 at 9:19 AM
thanks swatkat, the blog for mp3 is simply awesome...

mad is bit too large to study in a small period, but that too is gr8