Compression research

This section is for experimental data compression formats, and other formats whose main reason for existence is an innovative compression scheme. There are a large number of such formats that are unlikely to ever be documented in detail on this wiki, but at least we can try to list them.

Formats that have seen significant use outside of a laboratory should, for the most part, not be listed here. (Please remove them.)

Formats

 * BALZ
 * BCIF
 * BCM
 * Bee
 * Blizzard
 * BPG
 * BSC
 * BSSC
 * bwtzip
 * CMM4
 * Compressia
 * CSC, CSArc
 * CTX, CTXf
 * DENSITY (SHARC)
 * DGCA
 * EMMA
 * FIASCO
 * Flashzip
 * FLIF
 * Fractal Image Format
 * HSI JPEG
 * IWC (WaveL)
 * KIFF
 * Lightning Strike
 * lrzip
 * LZ5
 * LZA
 * LZHAM
 * LZSR
 * MComp
 * mnzip
 * MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)
 * NanoZip
 * packJPG
 * packPNM
 * PAQ
 * PAQ1, PAQ1SSE/PAQ2, PAQ3N, PAQ4, PAQ5, PAQ6, PAQAR, PASqDa, PAQ7, PAQ8A, PAQ8C, PAQ8F, PAQ8G, PAQ8H, PAQ8I, PAQ8J, PAQ8JA, PAQ8JB, PAQ8JC, PAQ8JD, PAQ8K, PAQ8L, PAQ8O, PAQ8P, PAQ8PX, PAQ8PXD, PAQ8KX, PAQ8PF, PAQ9A, PAQ9M
 * PAQ8HP
 * LPAQ
 * ZPAQ
 * PCIF
 * PPMonstr
 * PPMVC
 * PRF (Polychrome Recursive Format)
 * Psycopathicteen Tile Compressor
 * PWC (Piecewise-Constant Image Model)
 * Radyx
 * qad
 * QLFC
 * QUAD
 * RINGS
 * reflate
 * rzip
 * RZM
 * SBC
 * shrynk
 * Slim!
 * WhyPic
 * WinAce
 * YZX
 * ZCM
 * Zhuff

Links

 * Some relevant software can be found in the SAC collection.
 * Squeeze Chart
 * Lossless Image Compression
 * Data Compression Programs
 * Compression Ratings
 * Encode's Forum