Net Seminar on Video Coding
Posted by Mark Nelson on 28th June 2005 | Permanent Link
The folks at CMP publish lots of well known trade magazines, such as EE Times. I get promotional mailings from them, and this one is kind of interesting. It’s offering a free net seminar on video coding, with the following blurb:
Not all codecs are created equal in terms of the tradeoffs they make between compression rates, encode/decode processing requirements and key system factors such as latency. This Net Seminar will provide a brief introduction to how video compression is achieved and insight into why advanced video codecs and specific profiles within these codecs are better suited for certain applications. Codecs discussed will include H.264 (aka MPEG-4 AVC), VC-1 (aka Windows Media Video 9), MPEG, and others.
Discussion topics will include: Microsoft’s VC1 versus H.264 — is there any difference from a DSP system point of view? Why does encoding require so much more processing power than decoding? How do resolution and frame rates factor in? Why are some codecs better suited for certain applications? What are the advantages of alternative video codecs from DivX, On2, and Real Networks. Can DSPs handle any codec, or do some require more computing power than DSP can provide? How does an engineer obtain codec software to work with a given processor?
I think TI is sponsoring the event, which means they don’t really care what codec you use as long as you are using a TI DSP to do the work. If you’re interesting in jumping in, you might be able to register via this friends and colleagues URL that came with the email.