BBC Wants Help With Dirac Codec

Number Ten Ox writes "According to The Register the BBC wants help to develop their open source video codec Dirac. '[Lead developer Dr. Thomas] Davies said the codec could live on anything from mobile phones to high-definition TVs but not before a lot of further work is completed. For one thing, Dirac doesn't currently work in real-time. Davies also reckons that the compression offered by the technology could be further optimised. The BBC is working on integrating the technology with its other systems, but the corporation would welcome more help in developing Dirac.' Sounds like something worth helping with."

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Good ol' tax-funded science at work

[Cryofan]

This is what you get when you pay taxes--REAL SCIENCE. The BBC is of course funded by tax dollars.

As opposed to the so-called free market vaporware hype science that is the main focus in America.

Now tell me about all the great accomplishments coming out of American media....

Don't let the free market, neoliberal, laissez faire scammers hoax you, my fellow Americans. Real accomplishments were made in the past with tax funded research. And when we go back to Keynesianism and protectionism, just like what is being done in Europe, we will get America back on track.