| MSU Lossless Video Codec | |
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| Developers | Dmitry Vatolin,Dmitry Popov,Sergey Putilin |
| Preview release | 0.6.0 / September 19, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-09-19) |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32 |
| Size | 157KB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | lossless video codec |
| License | Proprietary, free fornon-commercial use |
| Website | www |
TheMSU Lossless Video Codec is avideo codec developed by the Graphics & Media Lab Video Group ofMoscow State University. It was designed to provide space-effectivelossless video compression. As of 2007 MSU had the second-best compression ratio when compared to many other lossless video codecs,[1] with the better result shown byYULS codec.
MSU Lossless Video Codec is available as aVideo for Windows codec. It can be used from such applications asVirtualDub orAdobe Premiere. Possible input formats areRGB24 (RGB),RGB32,YUY2,YUYV andYV12.
The codec is availablefree of charge for non-commercial use. As of 23 November 2011[update] thecommercial license and thesource code of this codec is unavailable.
Despite its name, the codec has severallossy modes.
| Version | Date | Changes |
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| 0.6.0 | September 19, 2005 |
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| 0.5.8 | March 20, 2005 |
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| 0.5.6 | February 14, 2005 |
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| 0.5.2 | February 6, 2005 | |
| 0.2.4p | October 1, 2004 |
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| 0.2.4 | September 24, 2004 |
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