New codec promises significantly smaller video files without a drop in quality - or vice-versa. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2012/08/15/mpeg-hvec/1
could this also imply a greater quality for the same band white like 50 or 60 fps instead of 24 or just double the resolution?
Could this be a good thing for Freeview's limited transmission bandwidth if they used this new format?
Half the bit-rate for the same quality, hopefully that will mean smaller file sizes for uploads to youtube etc.
if it's recorded at 24 fps there's no increase in quality, and if it is recorded at a higher fps rate you get the whole Hobbit discussion going on... Quality an interesting area, surely depends on the raw capture specs?
It will probably be very processor intensive. Just like H.264 seemed very processor intensive when it was first released.
I read somewhere that this is the case, it makes sense though, everything is getting faster, but communications links aren't developing in the same way.
Half the bitrate with no quality loss? Colour me intensely sceptical until they show it in action. Even going from CBR MPEG2 to CRF Hi10p h.264 isn't going to net you half the filesize without any loss in quality.
If existing hardware acceleration (smartphones, media players, IPTV boxes etc) can actually be used for playback, then this my be the best thing since.... well h264.
