Whitepapers

White Papers

An Introduction to Transforms for Compression
The use of transforms in data compression algorithms is at least 40 years old. The goal of this whitepaper—originally published as a series of posts on Cardinal Peak's company blog—is to provide the mathematical background necessary for understanding transforms and to explain why they are a valuable part of many compression algorithms.

The Many Ways to Stream Video Using RTP and RTSP
When streaming video across an IP network, the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) represents an alternative system layer to the better-documented MPEG-2 transport stream. The goal of this whitepaper—inspired by a post on Cardinal Peak's company blog—is to explain the four primary ways that video and audio can be encapsulated in RTP in a standards-compliant manner.

Howdy Pierce Managing Partner

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"We were able to leverage Cardinal Peak's talents immediately. They came in to a project that was having some difficulties and were able to make a very positive impact in a remarkably short period of time."

Geoff Nightingale, VP of Engineering, Ascend Geo