Indeo
| Filename extension |
ivf |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
video/x-ivf, video/x-indeo |
| Developed by | Intel Architecture Labs |
| Initial release | November 1992 |
| Latest release | 5.11 |
| Type of format | compressed video |
| Contained by | AVI |
| Extended from | DVI |
Indeo Video (commonly known now simply as "Indeo") is a family of audio and video formats and codecs first released in 1992, and designed for real-time video playback on desktop CPUs. While its original version was related to Intel's DVI video stream format, a hardware-only codec for the compression of television-quality video onto compact discs, Indeo was distinguished by being one of the first codecs allowing full-speed video playback without using hardware acceleration. Also unlike Cinepak and TrueMotion S, the compression used the same Y'CbCr 4:2:0 colorspace as the ITU's H.261 and ISO's MPEG-1. Indeo use was free of charge to allow for broadest usage.