Subject: Re: [stella] OT: Codecs From: Rob <kudla@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:13:38 -0400 |
At 07:56 PM 9/3/01 -0700, Glenn Saunders wrote: >The new DVD+RW drives will be able to record video directly, analog to >digital, onto the drives, in realtime. That looks like it will become the >format of the future for high quality consumer video. If they'll support a low quality MPEG-4 mode to get like 16 hours of B5 reruns on one disc, it'll be even better ;) But I'll stick with my TV computer for now. >>On the other hand, DiVx isn't even a standard. >Popularity has a way of deciding standards regardless of what standards >bodies dictate. Most de facto standards don't require a technically illegal action on the part of the standard's users. Even MP3 had legitimately licensed encoders available from the get-go even if no one paid for them. There is actually no way to encode or play back DivX;-) video without first infringing on Microsoft's imaginary property, not to mention MP3 and MPEG-4 patent holders. Even if someone managed to reverse engineer this flavor of MPEG-4, the patent issue will kill ya. So it'll continue to be wildly popular with pirates (and people like me who want to get 6 B5 episodes on a CD and happen to have a PC in the living room instead of a VCR) but it'll never get to the hardware phase to reach critical mass as MP3 did -- let alone VCD. Trash its quality all you want but VCD/SVCD players are still popular and attractively cheap in southeast Asia, and lik-sang.com is your friend. (Though I notice all their cool portable VCD players are out of stock right now, hmmm....) Rob - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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