# ClearVideo

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Video codec

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**ClearVideo** was a [video codec](/source/Video_codec) created by [Iterated Systems Limited](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iterated_Systems_Limited&action=edit&redlink=1). It was one of the codecs available for the [RealVideo](/source/RealVideo) container format.[1] ClearVideo was marketed as a system that used [fractal compression](/source/Fractal_compression).[2]

[FFmpeg](/source/FFmpeg) contains a decoder for a ClearVideo format, based on DCT encoding.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Codec Central - Iterated's ClearVideo Codec"](https://education.siggraph.org/static/HyperGraph/video/codecs/ClearVideo.html). *education.siggraph.org*. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Fox, Barry. ["Technology : Fractals set the pattern for online video"](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15120463-600-technology-fractals-set-the-pattern-for-online-video/). *New Scientist*. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["FFmpeg: libavcodec/clearvideo.c Source File"](https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/trunk/clearvideo_8c_source.html). *ffmpeg.org*. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

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