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ClearVideo

ClearVideo was a video codec created by Iterated Systems Limited. It was one of the codecs available for the RealVideo container format. ClearVideo was marketed as a system that used fractal compression.

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ClearVideo was a video codec created by Iterated Systems Limited. It was one of the codecs available for the RealVideo container format.1 ClearVideo was marketed as a system that used fractal compression.2

FFmpeg contains a decoder for a ClearVideo format, based on DCT encoding.3

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  1. "Codec Central - Iterated's ClearVideo Codec". education.siggraph.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. Fox, Barry. "Technology : Fractals set the pattern for online video". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. "FFmpeg: libavcodec/clearvideo.c Source File". ffmpeg.org. Retrieved 2023-04-19.