Cinepak

Cinepak, also known as Compact Video, is a lossy video codec developed in 1991 for playback on from CDs on consumer-level hardware. It was designed for 320x240 video, but could be used in other resolutions.

Software

 * FFmpeg
 * A converter to Cinepak for Windows

Specifications

 * An unofficial specification of the Cinepak format

Sample Files

 * A typical Cinepak stream, embedded in an [[AVI] container]
 * A Cinepak stream of an unusual resolution, also in an AVI container

Links

 * MultimediaWiki page for Cinepak
 * Wikipedia page for Cinepak
 * The "Cinepak Developer's Resources" from 1995