FIASCO

File Format
Name	FIASCO
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics FIASCO
Extension(s)	.fco
Released	2000

Overview

FIASCO is an image and video format based on fractal compression. FIASCO stands for Fractal Image And Sequence Codec.

Identification

Files begin with a signature: the ASCII string "FIASCO", followed by a newline (0x0a).

Software

• Ullrich Hafner's FIASCO software 1.3
• FIASCO software 1.3
• FIASCO software - Slightly updated version
• Netpbm - Uses a fork of the FIASCO software

Sample files

• http://attila.kinali.ch/fiasco/fiasco-examples.tar

Resources

• MultimediaWiki article