Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!mips!apple!motcsd!starnet!sschaem From: sschaem@starnet.uucp (Stephan Schaem) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Data compression and storage formats Keywords: DAT, backup, data compression Message-ID: <1991Jun18.000216.2532@starnet.uucp> Date: 18 Jun 91 00:02:16 GMT References: <6734@uafhp.uark.edu> Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX-Los Altos,CA 415-949-3133, login:info Lines: 10 Some development group in europe are working on digital radio, and work a realtime 8 to 1 compresion. The decompression chip should be very cheap... There is more than algorithm in it! It was based on a study of the human 'hear'... You guess where I'm going to:-) Anyway the idea aplly to video also and I thought it was interesting. Stephan.