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Originally posted by trbarry
In the short run I think developments in H264 may depend upon whether it is chosen as the (one of?) HD-DVD standard.
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Not if you are Didier LeGall (the CTO of the old C-Cube)
mentioned in the article. He was
never a fan of MPEG-4,
calling it a "solution looking for an application". Along
with the fact that not many companies beside Microsoft
are interested in WM9, that leaves H.264 as the default
focus of attention.
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Every new standard is proclaimed as "twice as efficient" as all previous ones. Hopefully H264 really is. But I admit I'm looking forward to this one once there is some way for me to play it in real time.
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The NAB demo was 528h x 480v SD resolution at 1 Mbps
average 2 Mbps peak VBR, or roughly half of an SD
DirectTV or Dish channel with comparable PQ. So twice
as efficient is the real and honest PQ performance target.
Also, LSI Logic is a semiconductor company. Look for
dual capability MPEG-2/H.264 decoder and encoder chips
in the future.
Ron