One thing left out is the storage method. Flash memory is still expensive. It will come down in price over time as the volume increases but we are talking about some big files. Has anyome calculated the file size of one of these pictures? What is the color depth?
Re:It exists today and it uses Windows Media
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MSMPEG4 is really H.263 with a wrapper. This is the same videoteleconferencing codec that has been around for years.
What I want to know is why everyone is hung up on the encoding? The killer solution is an ethernet port on your TiVo hooked up to your DSL/cable modem and just download the already encoded flick. A 1 to 1.25 Mbit encode produces a VHS quality encode, and would download in just a couple of hours for a feature length film. Say for instance your download speed was 500Kb (an example) and the movie was 90 minutes at 1Mbit you could start to watch in 45 minutes. Would not be hard to do if the TiVo had a PCI slot. Napster for movies anyone? You could call it vidster if the domain was still avail (not).
What is needed is someone in the braindead media world that realizes that a low quality encode is not a threat. I could do much better decrypting DVD's. In fact this could be the way to get the content. Decrypt the VOD files and do a software encode to the desired bitrates.
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Microsoft has a patent on parallel encoding of MPEG. With the wrath of MS you won't be able to make it fly.
http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+PATBI B-ALL+0+972171+0+8+48226+OF+8+98+1+"vide o+encoding"
I don't believe you are right. The windows media encoder for one thing does not do MPEG2 the next thing is that it requires a file as the input source not a live stream. Anyway even if it did it can't match the quality of hardware specific MPEG2 encoding.
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One thing left out is the storage method. Flash memory is still expensive. It will come down in price over time as the volume increases but we are talking about some big files. Has anyome calculated the file size of one of these pictures? What is the color depth?
MSMPEG4 is really H.263 with a wrapper. This is the same videoteleconferencing codec that has been around for years. What I want to know is why everyone is hung up on the encoding? The killer solution is an ethernet port on your TiVo hooked up to your DSL/cable modem and just download the already encoded flick. A 1 to 1.25 Mbit encode produces a VHS quality encode, and would download in just a couple of hours for a feature length film. Say for instance your download speed was 500Kb (an example) and the movie was 90 minutes at 1Mbit you could start to watch in 45 minutes. Would not be hard to do if the TiVo had a PCI slot. Napster for movies anyone? You could call it vidster if the domain was still avail (not). What is needed is someone in the braindead media world that realizes that a low quality encode is not a threat. I could do much better decrypting DVD's. In fact this could be the way to get the content. Decrypt the VOD files and do a software encode to the desired bitrates.
Microsoft has a patent on parallel encoding of MPEG. With the wrath of MS you won't be able to make it fly. http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+PATBI B-ALL+0+972171+0+8+48226+OF+8+98+1+"vide o+encoding"
I don't believe you are right. The windows media encoder for one thing does not do MPEG2 the next thing is that it requires a file as the input source not a live stream. Anyway even if it did it can't match the quality of hardware specific MPEG2 encoding.