RE: 3GPP-T-WG3 codecs

At 01:30 PM 12/11/00 , Patrik Fältström wrote:
>At 13.17 -0800 00-12-11, Andrew Daviel wrote:
>>WAV seems to be the defacto standard, though I confess that there seem to
>>be many flavours and it is at heart a proprietary format. MP3, anyone
>
>Do we have someone reading these messages which can let me know if I am 
>right or wrong when claiming that we talk about a sort of three layer 
>architecture:
>
>    Codec
>    Format
>  Transport
>
>In the case of Waw, that is not a codec, but a format, which allow 
>different codecs.

You are correct (typo excluded).  Wav is a file format which may contain 
many different codecs

>Has anyone seen any compilation on what various "words" actually mean?

Try the RTSP FAQ:
http://www.realnetworks.com/devzone/library/rtsp/faq.htm

Some of the information is a little outdated, but this particular question 
is a timeless one.  :)

Rob

Received on Monday, 11 December 2000 16:56:09 UTC