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The content of Endec was merged into Codec on 16 October 2020. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Shouldn't [Apple Lossless Encoding] be under lossless, or am I missing something? 11889 13:56, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

On the first Paragraph, "Compressor-Decompressor" or "Coder-Decoder" is basically not really the same thing, which need to be explained separately.

On second paragraph, It tells about Video/Audio Codec, which will be more appropiate to be on "Video Codec" or "Audio Codec" Article

The Third paragraph, I believe CoDec is not only about Encoding or Decoding.

The 4th is similar as the second.

^^ agreed --Elin

Fake Codecs are something that is currently in route to be added/discussed.

I suggest that the "endec" article should be merged with the "codec" article, since the current version of the endec leaves me confused about the distinction (if any) between an "endec" and a "codec". Even if there is some subtle distinction, perhaps they are similar enough that a single article describing both of them (and also the subtle distinction between them) would be better than 2 separate articles -- similar to the way one article covers both Myanmar and Burma. --68.0.124.33 (talk) 14:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Topic can be covered in one article. Merging should improve coverage of both. ~Kvng (talk) 14:00, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Lambtron has registered some supportive comments at Talk:Endec. ~Kvng (talk) 14:58, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Y Merge completed Klbrain (talk) 19:56, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

98.29.45.120 has marked Codec § Malware with {{Importance section}}. Fake codec redirects to this section and has 3 incoming links from other articles. There is only one reference currently cited here but a quick Google search indicates the topic is likely notable. Maybe this is not the best place for the material but it does not appear to merit deletion. Anyone who advocates deleting it should first try to suggest a new location. ~Kvng (talk) 16:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kvng: Your logic is sound and I won't dispute it. You're right. Chess (talk) (please use {{reply to|Chess}} on reply) 14:51, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw this post after deleting the section. I believe the content -- if augmented with a RS -- is better suited to Malware. A link to that could appear here in see_also, or perhaps a short mention and link under software codecs, since it doesn't apply to hardware codecs. Lambtron talk 23:55, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On a side note, if the content is to be restored here or elsewhere, it needs both RS and a complete rewrite. Lambtron talk 00:00, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Quote: "A codec is a computer hardware or software component", a statement using references from 2 software companies and a dubious About.com article. It then goes on to talk about audio codecs - which is it, computer or audio component, or both? I recommend that the definition be widened from more comprehensive secondary sources. 14.2.203.227 (talk) 02:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is a component that operates on a data stream usually audio or video but could also be telemetry etc. The implementation can be in dedicated hardware or in software or somewhere in between as on an FPGA. ~Kvng (talk) 13:32, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]