                              ldecode
                              =========

                      Version 1.0, October 23, 1998

          (C) Telenor Satellite Services

Ldecode is a decoder for the TSS H263L proposal.It is compiled for the  
Microsoft Win32 systems. 

Compatibility
=============

This H263L decoder is not compatible with the current description
of the H.263 standard. Sample H263L bitstreams are therefor suppiled as 
part of this proposal.
For further details about the proposal see document: Q15-F-11

Installation
============

This software is tested to work on Windows 95/NT. Only executable decoder is 
made available at this stage.

Usage
=====

Usage:   ldecod {config.dat}

Format for config.dat:  {input_filename} {output_filename}

{output_filename} format is concatenated YUV.

The program will write image number, QP(quant.parameter) and TR(temporal referable) 
for each frame. Image format is written at the end may be used together with TR to 
display the right format and frame rate.


Files
=====
Following files are part of ldecode.zip:

readme.txt      : this description file
ldecode.exe     : executeble decoder
paris.dat       : CIF sequence 450 frames
glasg300.dat    : QCIF sequence 300 frames
news.dat        : QCIF sequence 100 frames
silent.dat      : QCIF sequence 100 frames
con_ship.dat    : QCIF sequence 100 frames
hall_mon.dat    : QCIF sequence 100 frames
foreman.dat     : QCIF sequence 100 frames
config.dat      : example configuration file

Contacts
========
inge.lille-langy@oslo.satellite.telenor.no
gisle.bjontegaard@oslo.satellite.telenor.no