Daala Codec (Xiph)
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An experimental video codec from the Xiph.Org Foundation that aimed to achieve next-generation compression (the effort preceded and influenced AV1). Daala introduced novel techniques like lapped transforms and per-pixel entropy coding. Its codebase is open and served as a sandbox for ideas that made it into AV1.
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Daala Codec (Xiph) is cataloged in Encoding & Codecs and Codecs. Its topics include codec, compression, open-source, experimental, and video encoding.
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