This article describes the various parts of the MPEG-4 standard and discusses how it is much more than a video codec. MPEG-4 describes a sophisticated interactive multimedia platform for deployment on digital TV and the Internet.
Here is a list which shows whether each of the 34 parts of the MPEG-4 standard is publicly available.
Here is a list which shows whether each of the 34 parts of the MPEG-4 standard is encumbered with a patent.
Here is a list of all 34 parts of the ISO 14496 - MPEG-4 standard.
Part 9 of The Big Guide To OTT features a pair of in-depth articles which discuss how a data driven understanding of the consumer experience is vital and how poor quality streaming loses viewers.
Appear has been chosen by Vivaro Media to support live contribution of a major sporting event taking place this summer in Paris. Vivaro Media, which provides solutions for the global transport of live audiovisual content to broadcasters and service providers across Latin America, will deploy Appear’s X Platform to decode more than 30 HD channels during the competition.
The Broadcast Bridge sat down with Chris Brown, executive vice president and managing director, NAB Global Connections and Events to discuss this year’s gathering April 13-17 (show floor open April 14-17) and how the industry looks to the show each year for the latest in technology and business models.
Building upon their market-leading understanding of IP broadcast, packet behaviour and timing, Bridge Technologies announce the development of two new PTS/PCR time checks, which will provide even more in-depth analysis of misalignment and timing slippage, and allow for detection of hard-to-identify buffer timing issues, which – under traditional PTS/PCR comparison checks included in as part of the standard TR 101 290 checks – might previously have been missed. These checks will be available as part of the new version 6.2 upgrade, available for all Bridge Technologies’ probes, include their flagship VB330 IP monitoring probe.
