USING OPERATION CODES TO CONTROL A DECODER TO GENERATE DATA FROM AN INPUT DATA STREAM INTO AN OUTPUT DATA STREAM

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using operation codes to control a decoder to generate data from an input data stream into an output data stream. An encoder generates an input data stream for a decoder comprising at least one operation code and compressed data for an output device. The at least one operation code instructs the decoder on how to process the compressed data. The decoder receives the input data stream and processes the data in the input data stream according to the at least one operation code. The decoder decodes the compressed data into decompressed data to send to an output data stream to the output device.