CineForm Intermediate is an open source (from October 2017)[1] video codec developed for CineForm Inc by David Taylor, David Newman and Brian Schunck. On March 30, 2011, the company was acquired by GoPro which in particular wanted to use the 3D film capabilities of the CineForm 444 Codec for its 3D HERO System.
The press release in the GoPro acquisition noted that CineForm's codec had been used in movies including Slumdog Millionaire and Need For Speed.[2][3][4]
- ^ "GOPRO OPEN SOURCES THE CINEFORM CODEC". GoPro.com. 2017-10-25.
- ^ [1] Archived June 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "NextWaveDV – GoPro, sports camera manufacturer acquires CineForm, video compression software company". Nextwavedv.com. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
- ^ "GoPro® CineForm Codec Standardized by SMPTE® as the VC-5 Standard | Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers". www.smpte.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-18.