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.