Canopus HQ

• FOURCCs: CUVC
• Company: Canopus
• Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/CUVC/
• Website: http://www.canopus.com/canopus/technology/canopuscodecs.php

This is a simple intermediate codec which seems to be a predecessor of HQX. It splits intra-coded frames into slices with 8x8 DCT blocks.

Links

• Edius HD Codec White Paper
• Canopus HQ Codec White Paper
• Canopus HQ White Paper (May 2006)
• https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/master/libavcodec/hq_hqa.c