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Common Intermediate Format

CIF (Common Intermediate Format or Common Interchange Format), also known as FCIF (Full Common Intermediate Format), is a standardized format for the picture resolution, frame rate, color space, and color subsampling of digital video sequences used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first defined in the H.261 standard in 1988.

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Common Intermediate Format

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples5
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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cif frame rate video ntsc picture pal 288 systems standard also 261 352 format color compromise used resolution frames way

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MPEG-1instance of16 macroblock concept was later also used in other compression standards0.80text
MPEG-2instance of16 macroblock concept was later also used in other compression standards0.80text
MPEG-4 Part 2instance of16 macroblock concept was later also used in other compression standards0.80text
H.263instance of16 macroblock concept was later also used in other compression standards0.80text
and H.264/MPEG-4 AVCinstance of16 macroblock concept was later also used in other compression standards0.80text

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