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
 * Jaguar Cinepak Tools - A converter to Cinepak for Windows
 * Older version, from archive.org

Specifications

 * An unofficial specification of the Cinepak format (from archive.org)

Sample Files

 * balloon_trance__cinepak100.avi - A typical Cinepak stream, embedded in an AVI container
 * Mcking.avi - A Cinepak stream of an unusual resolution, also in an AVI container
 * MPlayerHQ sample file list

Links

 * MultimediaWiki page for Cinepak
 * Wikipedia page for Cinepak
 * The "Cinepak Developer's Resources" from 1995 (from archive.org)