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Algorithms in the Real World (Guy Blelloch)
Guy has a set of slides here that must illustrate a comprehensive set of links about data compression. Includes a link to a PS file containing a sample chapter on algorithms that Guy is writing.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/pscico-guyb/realworld/www/compress.htmlread more from " Algorithms in the Real World (Guy Blelloch) "
LZW Definition
A short (and incorrect) definiton of the acronym LZW from Computer Knowledge.
http://www.cknow.com/ckinfo/acronyms/lzw.htmThe Berkeley MPEG Player
An MPEG player written in C tha works under X11. Supports quite a few versions of UNIX and Linux.
http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/mpeg/mpeg_play.html7.14 zlib — Compression compatible with gzip
Information regarding the use of zlib with Python.
http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.htmlread more from " 7.14 zlib — Compression compatible with gzip "
Digital Speech Compression - Putting the GSM 06.10 RPE-LTP algorithm to work
An article by Jutta Degener describing implementation of this GSM codec.
http://www.ddj.com/articles/1994/9412/9412b/9412b.htmread more from " Digital Speech Compression - Putting the GSM 06.10 RPE-LTP algorithm to work "
Complexity International
Complexity International is a refereed journal for scientific papers dealing with any area of complex systems research.
http://www.csu.edu.au/ci/Zip Library
This library, found on the code project, is an MFC compatible set of code that handles most operations you would want to do on Zip files. Notably, it includes support for multi-disk archives.
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/zip.aspStructured Audio Online
Apparently the MPEG4 specification includes an option for an audio format called “Structured Audio”, which seems to be a MIDI-like way to create sound files.
http://www.saol.net/VQF.COM
This web site is dedicated to the support of VQF, a new audio compression format.
http://www.vqf.com/Advanced JPEG Compressor for Windows
A program that helps you cook up the optimal version of your JPEG file.
http://www.winsoftmagic.com/Arithmetic coding
The Data Compression Research Center has an overview of arithmetic coding on this page.
This link points to an archived site, as the original has disappeared. Links on the archived page may or may not work properly.
Wavelet Image Software Developer’s Kit
Summus makes an SDK that creates compressed files in a proprietary format. They give away a plugin that can be used to view the compressed files in the normally-supported browsers.
http://www.summus.com/products/sdk/The Utah RLE (Run Length Encoded) format
A specification of a file format that uses RLE.
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/RLE.txtRLE - Run Length Encoding
The Data Compression Reference Center wants to teach you about Run Length Encoding. A tutorial here, plus some links.
This link points to an archived site, as the original has disappeared. Links on the archived page may or may not work properly.
Arithmetic coding
One slide from a bigger presentation called “Morphological shape representation using the skeleton decomposition: application to image coding.”
http://ltssg3.epfl.ch/pub_files/brigger/thesis_html/node94.htmlArithmetic Coding
A very brief overview of arithmetic coding.
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~isanta/uni/arithmetic.htm