From 9cc089e2d6e841879e430b01d2f3d92c8820523e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: metamuffin Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:06:38 +0100 Subject: rename files, clear readme --- readme.md | 21 +++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'readme.md') diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index a32a8a1..c1287b9 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -2,22 +2,19 @@ My experiments on lossy video compression. -## `bv1` - -A somewhat minimal video codec that is able to achieve quality comparable to -H.264. - ## Other codecs +- `bv1` A somewhat minimal video codec that is also the best one i could come up + with. - `evc` is my first proper attempt at video compression. features motion compensation and broken dct. -- `vgcodec` approximates images by drawing circles (on the GPU). +- `vgcodec` approximates images by drawing circles (on the GPU) (which doesnt + work well). - (`dhwt-codec` tries to compress using a discrete haar wavelet across all three - dimensions. that doesnt work well) + dimensions. which doesnt work well either) -## the test framework +## Trying it out -| Variable | Description | -| ---------- | ------------ | -| `V_WIDTH` | Video width | -| `V_HEIGHT` | Video height | +- `cd bv1` +- Run `./tools/encode sample-video.mkv | ./tools/decode-display` (or + decode-display-debug to show debug overlay) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2