Quoting Carlos Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
It's interesting how much it (and the press release it
illustrates) focus only on the headline benefits, isn't it?
:-) I look forward to seeing what 8MB/s h.264-encoded HD
looks like - presumably the assumption is that the efficiency
of h.264 encoders will have doubled by 2012.
8MB/s should be fine for a single h.264 HD encode. If you want to see an
example of an encode at that rate watch a HD-DVD or Blue Ray movie. They
use a maximum bit rate around 40 Mbps (5MB/s) or something like that any
way :)
Utter rubbish.
A multipass H264 encode can be made for HD at about 8Mbps.
However no broadcast content is encoded prior to transmission. It is
all encoded in realtime so you need a real-time single-pass encoder.
You can't even pre-predict bitrate requirements due to the inclusion
of live footage.
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