VP7 and AVC players

AlexeyS · 27th July 2005, 01:43

Why there are no hardware players with VP7 or H.264 AVC support? Is it hard to make such kind of players or it's expensive or there are some problems with patents?

SeeMoreDigital · 27th July 2005, 09:58

With regard to AVC playback in stand-alones, you have to remember that it's still a relatively new technology!

When you take the big four chip-set manufacturers for stand-alone players (ie: ESS, MediaTek, Sigma and Zoran), as far as I know only Sigma has released specifications for their proposed range of AVC capable chip-sets. However, they are still being developed and are not likely to be arrive in hardware devices for a few months.

Unfortunately, there also appears to be a world-wide shortage of high-def capable MPEG-2+MPEG-4/AVC combo chip-sets for digital TV set-top boxes too

Cheers

bond · 27th July 2005, 18:21

thinking about that avc is part of hd-dvd and bluray its sure that hardware players supporting avc will come

i doubt that vp7 will be supported anywhere soon

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AlexeyS Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 437	VP7 and AVC players Why there are no hardware players with VP7 or H.264 AVC support? Is it hard to make such kind of players or it's expensive or there are some problems with patents?

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SeeMoreDigital Life looks better in HDTV Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 10,009	With regard to AVC playback in stand-alones, you have to remember that it's still a relatively new technology! When you take the big four chip-set manufacturers for stand-alone players (ie: ESS, MediaTek, Sigma and Zoran), as far as I know only Sigma has released specifications for their proposed range of AVC capable chip-sets. However, they are still being developed and are not likely to be arrive in hardware devices for a few months. Unfortunately, there also appears to be a world-wide shortage of high-def capable MPEG-2+MPEG-4/AVC combo chip-sets for digital TV set-top boxes too Cheers __________________ Still confused about anamorphic images? Then look here! \| Main Encoding Interests: Hardware device playback \| My Gear \|

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