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China’s AVS Specifications Available

Posted on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Its old news that China has developed their own Advanced Video Standard to avoid high licensing fees. English translation of the standard is now available, along with the IPR policy. Finally something technical that you can get your hands on to feed your appetite.

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The Data Compression Newsletter - October 2006

Posted on Friday, October 27th, 2006

October 2006 issue of the Data Compression Newsletter.

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Chinese AVS Codec, Is It Ever Going to Matter?

Posted on Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

No one seems to care about it, not even the Chinese.

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Chinese delegates call for more support for China’s Audio and Video Coding Standard (AVS).

Posted on Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

ChinaTechNews: Eleven Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) delegates have submitted a proposal to the 10th CPPCC calling for more support to be given to China’s Audio and Video Coding Standard (AVS).

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The Data Compression Newsletter - February 2006

Posted on Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Februray 2006 issue of the Data Compression Newsletter.

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Chinese AVS codec, rivaling H.264, is rising

Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Chinese audio/video codec is on the verge of becoming a national standard–a domestic rival to MPEG-4/H.264 and WMV-9 that backers say will save China-based manufacturers and consumers at least tens of millions of dollars in fees and royalties during the next few years.

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The Data Compression Newsletter - December 2005

Posted on Monday, January 9th, 2006

The first issue of monthly Data Compression Newsletter.

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XviD 1.1 released

Posted on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

An update to XviD , the open source MPEG-4 codec.

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China approves AVS codec

Posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2005

The Ministry of Information has approved China’s proprietary AVS video codec.

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China-only version of HD-DVD developed

Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

In a bid to cut licensing costs for local electronics makers, Chinese researchers plan to develop a version of the next-generation HD-DVD optical disc format specifically for China that will include support for a locally developed video compression technology, called AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard), according to a researcher involved with the project.

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