[opendtv] How important are new Codecs wrt OTA Broadcasting?
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:48:48 -0500
There has been an ongoing discussion (under the radar of most) as to
whether (or not) there should be a "plan" to move the OTA Broadcast
industry towards a "standardized" availability (and use) of new codecs.
There are plenty of arguments on all sides (not just two for this
argument). Some points to consider...
* Syndicators are well along in their planning for distribution of
file based HDTV content in new codecs
* New codecs are becoming more and more prevalent in the
entertainment industry
* There does not exist (yet) efficient MPEG2/MPEG4/VC1 transcoders
(and certainly no Chinese AVS :-) )
* Bandwidth is a strongly protected/utilized asset
* What would the codec(s) be?
What would seem to be reasonable answers to the many prevailing
questions in such a discussion (advanced codec utilization in OTA
Broadcasting)? Just thought I would get the response of this audience
wrt this (important to me...) plaguing issue. Any thoughts? [:^)]
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Regards,
Mark A. Aitken
Director, Advanced Technology
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