Thanks Mark for remembering, S&W call the process MOLE. SMPTE calls it 329M MPEG 2 Recoding Data Set. Best, MH. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Schubin Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 6:32 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: re-encoding Yes. There was a major project. I think Snell & Wilcox was in charge of one version; I think Sony had a different version. TTFN, Mark Doug McDonald wrote: >Has anybody designed, or tried to design, an MPEG >encoder that, knowing that it is receiving a signal >(be it digital or analog) that was previously MPEG >encoded (at the format sent to it), tries to replicate >the exact previous encoding, so that succeeding generations >will remain lossless (compared to the first encoded generation)? > >This would be a great boon to the consumer .... if it >will run on say a Pentium 4 or Pentium 5. Especially >thanks to a certain district court. > >Doug McDonald > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > >- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. This email and any attachments is confidential, may be legally privileged and is intended for the use of the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any use, disclosure, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If received in error, please delete this email and any attachments and confirm this to the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.