Well this could be a intresting stand to see at IBC
On
its joint stand with NuMedia Technology, the BBC is set to show the
latest addition to the Dirac family of open source video compression
codecs. The Pro 270 application of Dirac allows the transmission of
HDTV signals using the cable and infrastructure already used for
standard definition TV. Which is quite sexy if I say so myself....
This requires
more compression of HDTV signals than Dirac Pro 1.5, but the new Dirac
Pro has the flexibility to achieve this with very little loss of
quality. Broadcasters that employ the Pro 270 will have the ability to
transform their programme output to HD quickly.
Other reasons
to use it include the fact that 1080P50 HD islands can be connected
between sites over existing links. And because Dirac is Open Source,
the wider industry can use the technology, add to it, and develop other
applications. This will be helped by the fact that Dirac is license
free too.
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