The digital video device provides video playback and recording support through its open compressor/decompressor (CODEC) architecture.
The following table describes the digital video compressors and decompressors (CODECs) available with OS/2. The CODECs are represented by unique FOURCC identifiers. A FOURCC is a 32-bit quantity representing a sequence of one to four ASCII alphanumeric characters (padded on the right with blank characters). For more information on CODEC procedures, see CODEC Procedures.
┌──────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐ │CODEC │FOURCC │Description │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Ultimotion │ULTI │Compressor/Decompressor │ │ │ │(Real-time and Asymmetric │ │ │ │Compression) │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Indeo 2.1 │rt21/RT21 │Compressor/Decompressor │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Indeo 3.1 │iv31/IV31 │Compressor/Decompressor │ │ │ │(Real-time and Asymmetric │ │ │ │Compression) │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Indeo 3.2 │iv32/IV32 │Decompressor │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Uncompressed │DIB │Decompressor │ │(RAW) │ │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │FLI/FLC │FLIC │Decompressor │ ├──────────────┼──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │MPEG-1 │MPEG │Decompressor (RealMagic HW│ │ │ │Decompression) │ └──────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘