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• ID: fdd000085
• Short name: Indeo_5
• Content categories: moving image
• Format category: bitstream encoding
• Last significant update: 2005-05-31
• Draft status: Full
Identification and description 
| Full name | Indeo Video Codec, Version 5 |
| Description | Bitstream encoding for video, originally developed by Intel. John McGowan states that Indeo 5 employs a wavelet algorithm and other encoding features; its predecessor Indeo 4 employs a presumably similar "hybrid wavelet algorithm." Windows implementations of Indeo are distributed by Ligos Corporation; the Mac versions by Apple Corporation.
All versions numbered 5 are covered by this document; there is no separate document for the presumably similar version 4, nor for Indeo XP developed for Windows XP. Note that version 3 (Indeo_3) compresses by means of vector quantization rather than wavelet transforms; nevertheless, it is listed as an earlier version below. |
| Production phase | Generally used as an end-user delivery format. |
| Relationship to other formats | |
| Used by | AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) |
| Used by | QuickTime |
| Has earlier version | Indeo_3, Indeo Video Codec, Version 3 |
| Has earlier version | Indeo Video Codec, Version 4 (not documented at this time) |
Local use
| LC experience or existing holdings | |
| LC preference | |
Sustainability factors
| Disclosure | Proprietary standard with some public documentation |
| Documentation | Modest but helpful documentation from the Ligos Corporation. |
| Adoption | Not known to the writers of this document. |
| Licensing and patent claims | Indeo codecs and software may be licensed from Ligos Corporation. |
| Transparency | Depends upon algorithms and tools to read; will require sophistication to build tools.
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| Self-documentation | Not applicable; provided by wrapper formats. |
| External dependencies | None. |
| Technical protection considerations | Ligos Corporation FAQ states that developers can assign access keys to video files to protect them. These or additional protections may [also?] be provided by wrapper formats. |
Quality and functionality factors (video)
| Normal rendering | Not applicable |
| Clarity (support for high image resolution) | Moderate, varies according to levels of compression and picture size; the maximum of which is about four megapixels, with no dimension exceeding 8,188 pixels. Does not support interlaced playback.
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| Fidelity (support for high audio resolution) | Not applicable. |
| Support for multiple sound channels | Not applicable. |
| Functionality beyond normal video rendering | Not applicable. |
File type signifiers
| Tag type | Value | Note |
| Filename Extension | n/a | |
| Internet Media Type | n/a | |
| Magic numbers | n/a | |
| Microsoft FOURCC | IV50 | Used when this codec is wrapped in Microsoft file formats, e.g., AVI and ASF; see the Microsoft registry, which also lists a number of additional IV FOURCCs. John McGowan states that IV32 is generally used for Indeo 3; IV41 for Indeo 4, and IV50 for Indeo 5. |
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Useful references
URLs
• Indeo product information from the Ligos Corporation (http://www.ligos.com)
• FAQ from the Ligos Corporation (http://ligos.com/pdf_docs/Indeo_FAQ.pdf)
• Documentation from the Ligos Corporation (http://ligos.com/pdf_docs/Indeo_doc.pdf)
• Licensing information from the Ligos Corporation (http://www.ligos.com/developers_licensing.htm).
• John McGowan's AVI Overview: Audio and Video Codecs (http://www.jmcgowan.com/avicodecs.html).
• Microsoft registry of FOURCC codes and WAVE format indicators (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwmt/html/registeredfourcccodesandwaveformats.asp). The archived 2001 version of this registry is at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/fourcc.mspx.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 07-Mar-2007 12:40:20 EST
