Coding device with a variable length coder and associated decoding device.

摘要

This coding device includes a coder (10) with words of variable length, provided with a quality control (1) for determining different characteristics of coding, a buffer memory (15) for receiving the coded data output by the said coder and for restoring them at an output terminal (12) with a fixed throughput by virtue of the presence of a regulating circuit (17). (Application: digital-video recording)