Want to learn about encoding/decoding to work on a new File format project

[leunoia]

As the title says, I am interesting and learning about how encoding/decoding works, so I can develop a new encoding method that would meet specific requirements that I need ( I know that is a little vague). I was wondering if anyone can point me in a direction to where I can learn about how encoding and decoding is done on a programmatic level (preferably in C++). I have been spending a few hours reading over the source code but I don't I feel I have gotten a solid grasp as to how the process works exactly.

I know this may be a bit of a weird post so I apologize if it isn't exactly relevant.

Best,
Preston

[Freddiefora]

If you develop a new encode/decode chain, do you mean for audio compression? There is some information on the Monkeys Audio site under the 'theory tab' https://monkeysaudio.com/theory.html but why would you want to do this? Also, have a look at the WavPack site https://www.wavpack.com/wavpack_doc.html to get an idea of all the good work that has been undertaken here. I may have misunderstood your intention; perhaps you could expand a little on what you wish to achieve.

[Lee-Carre]

There's a wealth of technical information at Xiph (see, also, their wiki). Xiph is the home of many libre-codecs, some of which have beceme quite popular.