Announcements like this one perhaps explain why MPEG is no longer needed? Many
codecs have been developed outside of MPEG, even if some have been adopted by
MPEG in one of their standards (and others never were). There are also
alternatives to MPEG-2 TS, for synchronous delivery of video packets.
Hard to keep up with the speed of innovation, though. Thinking back at an old
Pentium 100 I had, that ultimately couldn't keep up with H.264. We seem to keep
going through the same cycles.
Bert
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Successor to HEVC Good News for Hi-Resolution Video
By Michael Balderston 2 days ago
Fraunhofer HHI debuts H.266/VVC video coding standard
BERLIN- Fraunhofer HHI has announced the approval of the H.266/Versatile Video
Coding (VVC) standard, which it says reduces bandwidth needed for high
resolution (4K and up) video by up to 50% compared to its predecessor, HEVC.
A result of collaboration among the world's largest tech companies-Apple,
Ericsson, Intel, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Sony-boasts improved
compression without compromising visual quality, according to Fraunhofer HHI.
The new standard can provide efficient transmission and storage of all video
resolutions from SD to HD up to 4K and 8K, while also supporting HDR video and
omnidirectional 360-degree video.
"Because of the quantum leap in coding efficiency offered by H.266/VVC, the use
of video will increase further worldwide," said Benjamin Bross, head of the
Video Coding Systems group at Fraunhofer HHI. "Moreover, the increased
versatility of H.266/VVC makes its use more attractive for a broader range of
applications related to the transmission and storage of video."
Fraunhofer also announced plans to establish a uniform and transparent
licensing model based on the FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory)
principle for the use of standard essential patents related to H.266/VVC. This
has led to the founding of the Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF), which
includes more than 30 companies and organizations.
The new chips to use H.266/VVC are currently being designed, and Fraunhofer HHI
is expected to publish the first software (for both encoder and decoder) to
support H.266/VVC, by the fall according to Thomas Schierl, head of Video
Coding and Analytics department at Fraunhofer HHI.
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