[MPEGIF News] MPEGIF DIGEST 1 - 7 November 2004

MPEGIF DIGEST 1 - 7 November 2004

Dear MPEGIF News Readers,

The month of November has started with fantastic news for the whole MPEG-4
industry - " <http://www.dvb.org/index.php?id=10&nid=91> DVB Approves New
Guidelines for H.264/AVC Video & High Efficiency AAC Audio Codecs". From the
release: "The new document mandates support of Main Profile for H.264/AVC
SDTV receivers, with an option for the use of High Profile. The support of
High Profile is mandated for H.264/AVC HDTV receivers."

This is a clear sign that the adoption of MPEG-4 AVC has jumped all major
hurdles and is looking at a nice, clean track to deliver next generation
multimedia experience to an ever growing audience.

Following our pioneering role when it comes to MPEG-4 interoperability,
<http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-40056.php> MPEGIF has
announced the 6th round of interoperability testing. With 30 member
companies participating, this round focuses on MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video
Coding) and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), to provide most important element
of a functioning digital ecosystem - interoperability. Many of the
participating member companies are expected to participate in the
<http://logo.mpegif.org/> MPEGIF Logo Qualification Program as well.

Kind regards,

Sebastian Moeritz
President, MPEGIF

MPEG-4 In The News

*	 <http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2458> AVC
Interoperability Testing Enters Round Six [TVTechnology.com, 05 Nov 04] 

*
<http://www.advanced-television.com/2004/news_archive_2004/Nov8_12.htm#nokia
d> By 2006 TV over mobile will be a reality with Nokia phones [Advanced
Television, 05 Nov 04] 

*
<http://www.advanced-television.com/press_rel/wednesday_pr.html#mpeg> MPEGIF
in new MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 interoperability test round
[advanced-television.com, 03 Nov 04] 

*	 <http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/107434.html> Toshiba
& SkipJam Team Up to Provide TX Risc-Based complete ... [eCoustics.com, 02
Nov 04] 

*	 <http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6491672790.html> Mobile gaming
ref design boasts latest Freescale and Nvidia chips ... [Linux News, 02 Nov
04] 

Press Releases

*	 <http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-40056.php>
MPEGIF in new MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Interoperability Test Round: 30 Companies
Focus on Cutting Edge Codec [MPEGIF, 02 Nov 04]  

*	 <http://www.dvb.org/index.php?id=10&nid=91> DVB Approves New
Guidelines for H.264/AVC Video & HE AAC Audio Codecs [DVB, 02 Nov 04] 

*	 <http://www.sceneware.nl/index.php?func=view&cid=2&sid=21> ceneware
releases version 1.2 of MPEG-4 analysis and verification tool for MacOSX and
Windows [sceneware, 05 Nov 04] 

*	 <http://www.hantro.com/en/press/2004/0411/> Hantro Demonstrates
H.264/AVC Player In 'Off-The-Shelf' Mobile Handset [Hantro Products Oy, 04
Nov 04] 

*
<http://www.codingtechnologies.com/news/assets/2004/20041101_renesas_eng.pdf
> Renesas Technology Corp. adds Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus to the
SH-Mobile Platform [Coding Technologies, 01 Nov 04]

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