> [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Barry > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:41 PM > > Anybody know if AVC-intra still has much advantage over > MPEG-2 if it is using just intra-frame compression and loses > the advantages of its fancier (and CPU intensive) motion > compensation modes? It offers intra-mode spatial prediction and the high profiles (that Panasonic is using in their AVC Intra prducts) add perceptual based quantization scaling (although MPEG-2 had something similar). I've read some papers that claim intra only H.264 is competitive with JPEG2000, and if the end product is going to be transcoded to an AVC emission format there is probably an advantage in starting with AVC Intra. Gary Gary Hughes Video Architect, Advanced Engineering Motorola On Demand Solutions, MA34 80 Central St. Boxborough, MA 01719 Email: ghughes@xxxxxxxxxxxx Office: 978 266 7269 Mobile: 978 339 3615 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.