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More On The BBC's Codec 'Dirac'

Posted by timothy on from the bbc1-bbc2-bbc3 dept.

TioHoltzman writes "El Reg is reporting about a new codec that is built on top of wavelet technology and seems to offer performance that is "roughly in line with the Video Codec 9" from Microsoft. The project has been released as open source on SourceForge. This looks like it might be really interesting." (Previously mentioned a few weeks back.)

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  1. Re:New codec? by ron_ivi · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    Parent wrote: "You'd need different glasses for each publisher, and you would not be allowed to make your own glasses, nor to publish your own books without licensing a special publishing system. The idea sounds so outrageously unreasonable that no one would be willing to put up with it, yet this is exactly what Microsoft, Apple, Real, "

    You forgot to mention Adobe - the one company who actually imprisoned someone by doing exactly what you described.

  2. Re:Am I the only one... by Power+Everywhere · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah. Thanks. I didn't know that already.

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  3. Re:patents? by n1ywb · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Helloooooo EU software patents!!! Welcome to OUR world!

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  4. Re:Am I the only one... by Power+Everywhere · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's that have to do with anything?

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  5. Re:Am I the only one... by citog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because you are new around here people may assume that;
    - you do not know what you are talking about e.g. Dirac
    - you do not love Linux and hate MS