I think that the ITU is actually something of a laggard on this, in the sense that the ATSC has already announced work on incorporating 1080x1920x60p into A/53. Main Profile@ Main Level (MP@ML) and Main Profile at High Level (MP@HL) are existing combinations. The former is sometimes called "EDTV" (by some) and the latter is called "HDTV". Maximum permissible bit rates (per 13818-1) are classified by profile and level. Nothing new is contained in this paragraph. John Willkie, who is "fairly certain" that he has read about the A/53 work program in a public document detailing future ATSC work plans. -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Albert Manfredi Enviado el: Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:18 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: 1080p@60 for MPEG-2 Ron Economos wrote: > A proposal has been submitted to add 1080p@60 > (and 1080p@50) to MPEG-2. A new level called > "High Progressive" would be added. > http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/2007_10_Shenzhen/JVT-Y086.zip > > Note: the ITU website has been up and down the > last day or so. Was down last night, back up now. First of all, I think it's a great idea to add 1080 at 60p in MPEG-2 compression, because it makes it far more likely to get adopted in countries that already have HDTV using MPEG-2 compression. So, good for the ITU. Secondly, I don't really understand Tables 1 and 8-11. What they call "high level," as opposed to "high progressive," looks an awful lot like 1080 at 60i to me, including in the number of samples/sec (62.6 Msamles/sec). And yet, they call this 60 frames/sec, even in a table in which "main level" is shown to include such options as 720 X 576 at 30 frames/sec. Something isn't consistent. Would be nice to see how MPEG-2 compression does with a 1080 at 60p stream crammed into 19.39 Mb/s. I've heard a lot of people saying that progressive compresses better than interlace, so the question will be whether it compresses "better enough" to fit. Bert _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.