[opendtv] Re: Distribution and Transmission of TV is Going Backwards
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:24:04 -0400
At 2:09 PM -0400 10/20/05, John Shutt wrote:
>Craig,
>
>No matter what compression scheme we use, unless the FCC mandates minimum
>compression criteria we will always overstress the compression scheme in the
>quest for delivering ever more content.
>
>All H.264/AVC/MPEG4 will do is allow us to squeeze 8 channels to death
>instead of 4.
Fortunately not ALL.
Others will use h.264 to deliver higher quality. Apple is already
doing it for professional applications, and the quality is very good
on their h.264 downloads, given the 320 x 240 frame size.
Its the streaming video folks who abuse compression, and I'm not just
talking about Internet streaming...
Cable, DBS and TV broadcasters are in the streaming video business too.
Regards
Craig
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