[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] DVCPRO50 support
Roman Shaposhnick
rvs
Tue Mar 7 06:20:04 CET 2006
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 09:21:00PM +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote:
> Roman Shaposhnick <rvs at sun.com> writes:
> >
> > Just to make it clear -- I don't care how industry names things,
> > but the fact that these 3 flavors of DV have the same picture encoding
> > algorithms with small amount of knobs designed to address bitstream
> > constraints and differences in sampling -- make them all just a DV
> > codec in my book. Now, I do understand the convenience factor of having
> > them as separate codecs -- but lets not be confused by the ffmpeg's
> > current restrictions.
>
> In that case, using separate codec IDs would be like using separate
> codec IDs for main profile and high profile MPEG2. Nobody does that.
Right. Things like -target XXX seem to be more appropriate somehow.
> > Now, DVCPRO 100 is, in fact a different CODEC regardless of the name
> > being similar to the DVCPRO 50.
>
> Sort of like MPEG4 isn't all that much like MPEG2, and MPEG4 AVC is
> yet another animal?
Well, I stand corrected. It seems that even DVCPRO 100 is just a variation.
Thanks,
Roman.
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