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Entries from May 2007

Silverlight, look out Flash

May 31st, 2007 · No Comments

There has been much written in the blogisphere about Silverlight and how Microsoft is trying to do a flash killer. Mentioned is its ability to do Video like Flash.
Out of all the technology Silverlight has, it is the ability to do Video that is going to make Silverlight a technology that will have a deep [...]

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Tags: codecs · flash · flex

The Need for Higher Profile H.264

May 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Recently I have been doing a lot of encoding for Art house digital Cinema presentation. I have been involved in the Cinema industry in Australia for about 10 years.
In many ways I am in a position of relevance as I can see some of the road signs coming up for Digital Cinema and [...]

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Tags: DCI · codecs

Adobe Flex, where is it?

May 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I have always been a big fan of FLASH. It is an amazing internet enabeling technology.
However, like any seasoned Web developer, I must admit FLASH has its place. For example, its not well suited for use as a full SITE. It is suited as a application platform.
Flex is Adobe’s attempt to make a [...]

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Tags: flash · flex

rhozet/Procoder bug, unusable for Pro MPEG2 encoding

May 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Hi,
Today I want to bring to light a bug in rhozet and Procoder (all versions including th new V3).
It appears that Procoder introduces a colour space compression on encoded files. This compression is a typical one used to bring the video signal into a safe levels for typical cathode ray tube display. [...]

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Tags: codecs · digital signage