eric87m
join:2003-12-07
Princeton, NJ | H.264
new video compression scheme = MPEG4? |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Hmm.. I wonder if the picture will start looking more like DirecTv's
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Canada = Hollywood North |
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Emiya
join:2006-03-30
Southington, OH | reply to eric87m
Even mpeg-4 asp (ie. XviD & DivX) would be able to reduce the bitrate significantly over mpeg-2 without losing quality. It would probably be easier and cheaper to implement over AVC (h.264). |
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mixmasta
join:2002-03-19
Ann Arbor, MI | reply to eric87m
From the article, the new compression scheme "will work with the MSO's massive base of MPEG-2 set-tops". So can it be MPEG4? Or is it variable bit rate encoding or something? |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| I can only imagine it would be really creative variable bit rate statistical multiplexing.
They can put the real expensive high end loop encoder systems in the headend that do all the heavy lifting, while the stb's out in the field act as the dumb client.
It can't be too complicated to decode because the horsepower in the Motorola STB's are practically zilch. Have you ever used one of those DVR's? Try scrolling or changing channels too fast, the dang thing freezes up for 20 seconds and then it plays catch up with itself. |
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mixmasta
join:2002-03-19
Ann Arbor, MI | Yes, I have a DVR, and it freezes all the time... I don't know if its terrible programming or like you say a very limited hardware set. |
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