[opendtv] Re: ASF for VC1

  • From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:57:12 -0700

latest wm uses rtsp.  Of course, these questions are more appropriate for
the wmtalk list, where all three of us are members, and where there is a
simultaneous thread.

It's almost too much for me to keep track of.

John Willkie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Hughes" <ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "WMTalk" <WMTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: ASF for VC1


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> > [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Prashant Desai
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:11 PM
> > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'WMTalk'
> > Subject: [opendtv] ASF for VC1
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> > Does the Micosoft's ASF container format have also been=20
> > standardized by SMPTE while standardizing VC1 [ wmv9 ] ?=20
> > =20
> No.=20
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> > Or all the VC1 products have to use MPEG2 TS ?  I am having=20
> > this doubt coz while checking out on various encoders for vc1 / wm9=20
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> > The o/p card/module is optional and can be  in IP Ethernet=20
> > ASF or  can be ASI MPEG2 TS ? =20
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> SMPTE 421M is meant to be transport independent. I've been told that
> the changes between WMV9 and VC1/WMV9.5 were primarily to address the
> need for a clean separation between transport and video payload.=20
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> SMPTE RP227 will address the mapping of VC1 access units into MPEG-2
> transport streams. It is an adjunct to the standard, but not part of it.
> > =20
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> > So , is it because SMPTE standards of VC1 says that wmv9=20
> > video must be within MPEG2 TS only ?=20
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> > =20
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> > The only concern is .. say if someone deploys  low end WM9=20
> > based solution from Microsoft today , will he be able to migrate to=20
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> > High end telco grade VC1 based solution later on ?   that too=20
> > without much
> > of an hassle since  VC1 and wmv9 is exactly same ?  assuming=20
> > that audio codec would remain the same After migration ?=20
> >=20
> I would not make that assumption. I do not know the details of the
> transport used by WM9 servers.
>
> gary
>
> Gary Hughes
> Director of Media Engineering
> Broadbus Technologies, Inc.
> ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> f: 978 264 9108
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