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BBC Wants Help With Dirac Codec

Posted by michael on from the fawlty-towers dept.

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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  1. Re:In the great tradition of geek-dom, ... by mmkkbb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you mean like this sort of gravity-defying?

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    -mkb