The Digital Formats website provides information about digital content formats. The analyses and resources presented here will increase and be updated over time.
Wotsit- the programmer’s file and data format resource
A review site for file and data formats, specifically aimed at programmers. The site offers information on hundreds of different file types and data types as well as details about the hardware interfaces. Furthermore, many other useful programming information provided allowing for algorithms, source codes and various specifications. Information concerning the audiovisual files is embedded in the site.
MPEG.org- The Reference Website for MPEG
MPEG.ORG is a roadmap to the best MPEG resources on the Internet. This website contains pages with Video, Audio and Systems technical resources, source code, test bitstreams etc. There’s also have a page dedicated to MPEG Audio Layer 3 aka MP3. The MPEG Software Simulation Group (MSSG) page gives access to the source code of several public-domain MPEG encoders, decoders …
Local Digital Format Registry (LDFR) File Format Guidelines for Preservation and Long-term Access
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Guidelines and Recommendations 3. Bibliography 4. Appendices. This document (version 1.0) identifies the file formats (either Recommended or Acceptable for Transfer) that Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will be supporting within the Trusted Digital Repository (TDR). Formats are identified for 11 content categories including audio. The register is not simply a list, it also includes guidelines …
Snell & Wilcox- The Engineer’s Guide to Compression
This is a very detailed guide in the Snel & Wilcox Handbook series explaining what compression is and what kinds of compression to use when.
Snell & Wilcox- The Engineers Guide to Decoding and Encoding
This handbook, written in 1994, is excellent for a historical perspective on analogue encoding, which is still important for a full understanding of why digital is the way it is.