👉 A codec, or code conversion, is a method of converting one type of data into another. It allows for different encoding and decoding methods to be used in a communication system, such as audio, video, text, or other types of data. Codecs can convert audio signals from one format (such as WAV) to another (such as MP3), video streams from one format (such as H.264) to another (such as OpenCV's Mat), and text documents from
