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RLE stands for | RLE stands for [[Run Length Encoding]] and is a general lossless compression method. It is used in many codecs after lossy compression. But some old codecs use only RLE. | ||
* In [[MOV]] files, 'rle ' (lower case) indicates [[Apple QuickTime RLE]]. | * In [[MOV]] files, 'rle ' (lower case) indicates [[Apple QuickTime RLE]]. | ||
* In [[AVI]], [[BMP]] and [[ASF]] files, RLE indicates [[Microsoft RLE]]. | * In [[AVI]], [[BMP]] and [[ASF]] files, RLE indicates [[Microsoft RLE]]. |
Latest revision as of 16:40, 28 April 2008
RLE stands for Run Length Encoding and is a general lossless compression method. It is used in many codecs after lossy compression. But some old codecs use only RLE.
- In MOV files, 'rle ' (lower case) indicates Apple QuickTime RLE.
- In AVI, BMP and ASF files, RLE indicates Microsoft RLE.
- Here's a list of all the known RGB bitmap/BMP formats: http://www.fourcc.org/rgb.php - including:
BI_RGB | 0x00000000 |
BI_RLE8 | 0x00000001 |
BI_RLE4 | 0x00000002 |
BI_BITFIELDS | 0x00000003 |
RGB | 0x32424752 |
RGBA | 0x41424752 |
RGBT | 0x54424752 |
RLE4 | 0x34454C52 |
RLE8 | 0x38454C52 |
raw | 0x32776173 |