AVC / H.264 Decoding chips begin sampling

[bobololo]

Hehe this is rather a good news (http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=54200808). I bet we won't wait for very long before first AVC capable standalones reach stores shelves !

[acidsex]

wonder what DRM model they will use? I have searched and havent discovered what DRM implmentation they will use for H.264 delivery. Anyone know?

[Latexxx]

mpeg-21?
or some proprietary like css+++++.

[bond]

why should an avc chip use/support any drm? these two things have nothing to do with each other :rolleyes:

[charact3r]

Does anyone know which H.264 profile(s) this chip supports? Baseline or Main?

IMHO Baseline is worse than MPEG-4 pt.2 so it would be nice if they've gone all the way to Main.

Cheers

[Gabriel_Bouvigne]

IMHO Baseline is worse than MPEG-4 pt.2
I would not be so sure about it...

[bond]

some more infos about this can be found here (http://www.eet.com/semi/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=54800092) (seems like vc-1 isnt supported, because there are still problems)

[LordRPI]

Originally posted by bond
why should an avc chip use/support any drm? these two things have nothing to do with each other :rolleyes:

You're right, they have nothing to do with each other... but at the same time, just imagine all those corporate big-head pigs trying to find a way to justify their 20 million dollar mansion :devil: