TV Technology

MPEG-4 AVC H.264 to usher in new HD opportunities

The broadcast industry will begin reaping the benefits of more efficient compression thanks to MPEG-4 AVC H.264. With about half the bit rate requirements of its predecessor, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 promises ...
Design-Reuse

LSI Logic H.264 Technology Integrated in New HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC Systems From Modulus Video

MILPITAS, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), a leader in innovative digital media processing technologies for the Digital ...
EDN

Allegro DVT Now Shipping 3rd Generation H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/MVC High-Definition Video Encoding IP Core

GRENOBLE, France, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Allegro DVT announces the immediate availability of the 3rd Generation of its H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/MVC high-definition hardware video encoding IP. Already ...
Design-Reuse

LSI Logic Introduces First Real-Time H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Technology Platform To Meet ITU-T Standard

LSI Logic solution offers high-quality video with 2x improved compression efficiency ( http://www.lsilogic.com/products/islands/h264.html) With acquisition of ...
EDN

MPEG4 AVC/H.264 encoder leverages Virtex-5 FPGAs

Amsterdam, The Netherlands—Xilinx Inc. announced the availability of a high definition (HD) real-time MPEG4 AVC/H.264 encoder product that leverages the high-performance features of its Virtex-5 FPGAs ...
GIGAZINE

How does the widely used video compression codec 'H.264/MPEG-4 AVC' dramatically compress huge movies?

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC/MPEG-4 AVC, one of the video compression standards MPEG-4, is a video compression codec that aims for 'high image quality even at low bit rates'. Since its introduction in 2003, H.264 ...
Ars Technica

MPEG-4: XviD vs H.264?

How does XviD compare to the newest AVC H.264 codec, which also has a chance of being included in HD-DVD? If i have a 4GB MPEG-4 file in XviD and AVC, which will have higher quality? I'm guessing AVC, ...
PC Magazine

H.264/AVC

A common designation for the H.264 video standard, which uses a family of compression techniques titled Advanced Video Coding (AVC). Also called "H.264/MPEG-4," "H.264/MPEG-4 AVC" and "MPEG-4/AVC." ...
ecoustics

Anevia Launches the First All-in-One MPEG-4 / H.264 VOD Server Featuring Trick Play and Time Shifting

In addition of Time Shifting, nPVR or VOD, Anevia Toucan is the first VOD server to offer also fast rewind and forward, pause or instant replay with MPEG-4 and HD videos PARIS, France, June 22, 2006 — ...
Streaming Media Magazine

DASH-AVC/264: Paring Down MPEG-DASH

The DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) announced today the completion of a pared down version of DASH profiles known as DASH-AVC/264. When MPEG-DASH was ratified back in late 2011, it piqued a great deal ...
TV Technology

AVC/H.264 encoding

Using 4:2:2 10-bit encoding has become the de facto standard for professional video because it is captured and transmitted over SDI, allowing the entire production chain to use at least a 10-bit ...