About Dirac
Dirac is an advanced video compression format designed for a wide range of uses, from delivering low-resolution web content to broadcasting HD and beyond, to near-lossless studio editing.
The Dirac Project
Originally created by BBC Research and Development, the Dirac project has expanded to include companies providing equipment and software for handling Dirac video, as well as an active open-source development group.
Origin of the Name "Dirac"
The name "Dirac" is a reference to Paul A. M. Dirac, British physicist and winner of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics. The prize was shared with Erwin Schrödinger, for whom the Schroedinger implementation of Dirac was named.