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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. NOT a dupe ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does adding a little note saying "we covered this a few weeks ago" always get the editors off the hook for posting the same article twice? ;)

    1. Re:NOT a dupe ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      You see the new slashcode? It's got a new line in it:

      $story_txt .= " We've mentioned this before."

      &post( $story );

    2. Re:NOT a dupe ;) by Ithika · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah but you notice how it almost worked. If that little disclaimer hadn't been there the FP would have said "another editor not paying attention..." etc. And for some reason, it seems to give slashdot users carte blanche to discuss everything - almost to the word - that they discussed last time. Hmm, what did I say in my comment to the previous post, and will it gain me more karma if I post again? :)

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  2. Am I the only one... by Power+Everywhere · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one who thinks that Dirac sounds like some sort of monster from the Dr. Who series?

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    1. Re:Am I the only one... by pclminion · · Score: 3, Funny
      Yeah. Thanks. I didn't know that already.

      Well you can't be too careful when you're dealing with Slashdotters with UID > 700000...

  3. Grammar by Surreaberal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please don't ever again say the words "wavelet technology," it sounds retarded--it might make someone want to introduce some "fist technology" to your "face technology."