Some infos on 3ivx (Jan Devos interview)

[bond]

check out this interview with Jan Devos (founder of 3ivx):
http://www.internetvideomag.com/Articles-2004/051304_3ivx_Jan_Devos.htm

damn, how can they afford an office with such a nice view? ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Thanks for keeping us in the know :)

[JohnV]

"You can concentrate development efforts on Image Quality which is what DivX 5 has been focusing on, or on speed which is what you can say about Nero MPEG-4."

Umm, maybe Jan hasn't been following the competition recently, but our mpeg-4 asp codec (extra quality with rate distortion optimization) and AVC codec are VERY quality oriented at highest quality settings.. Not only speed. So I kinda disagree with that comment. It was true maybe 9 months ago though, but now we scale from very fast speed to very high quality and everything between. ;)

[Selur]

"It was true maybe 9 months ago though,..."
So you agree, since the interview is from the 13th May of 20004 :)

"but now we scale from very fast speed to very high quality and everything between. "
Yup, it really became better :)

"how can they afford an office with such a nice view?"
Easy, less money to the workers => more money for the view. *gig*

Cu Selur

[Doom9]

our mpeg-4 asp codec (extra quality with rate distortion optimization) and AVC codecI was going to ask you if you switched from HA to Nero, then I saw your signature. I'm hearing through the grapevine that there will still be improvements to the ASP codec, so perhaps next time we have a battle Nero vs Nero in the codec comparison ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Doom9
I was going to ask you if you switched from HA to Nero, then I saw your signature. So this explains why he was able to provide details of Recode2's proposed implementations, prior to their official release!


Cheers

[babayaga]

Originally posted by Doom9
I'm hearing through the grapevine that there will still be improvements to the ASP codec, so perhaps next time we have a battle Nero vs Nero in the codec comparison ;)
The grapevine is very well informed ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by babayaga
The grapevine is very well informed ;) Nothing like a well informed grapevine :)

Nice to see you guys are constantly setting new limits for other codec manufacturers to aim for!

When Jan Devos was asked about encoding tips, I thought this response was interesting - Encode to a size which is a multiple of 8 such as 640x272...No mention about multiples of 16 pixels!


Cheers

[JohnV]

Originally posted by Selur
"It was true maybe 9 months ago though,..."
So you agree, since the interview is from the 13th May of 20004 :)
Cu Selur Hmm, maybe not from 20004. :D
Didn't notice it's not a recent interview cause I assumed bond only posts up-to-date things. ;)

[LiFe]

In Sydney, that's not a very good view. It has little ocean, all in all very average. Further, their offices are not in the city, or any industrial park, so space would be much cheaper.

There are buildings in the city that overlook the harbour and bridge directly, they go for a fortune.

Then there are buildings like the Foxtel. The address says it all:
FOXTEL Wharf 8 Pyrmont, NSW Australia

It doesn't look at the harbour, it extended about 300 metres INTO the harbour, right next to the bridge and darling harbour/cockle bay. Of course parking is non-existant, but when your office is ON WATER, who cares?

In this photo (http://www.airviewonline.com.au/stock-photographs/photodetails.asp?ID=1483) you can see 4 large structures jutting out into cockle bay. The foxtel building is the 2nd innermost one with the white roof, and you can see a satelight dish on the roof (which I think has been augmented by many more since the phoeo was taken).

Close Up (http://www.airviewonline.com.au/stock-photographs/photodetails.asp?ID=2156)

Expensive office space can see more of the harbour (http://www.airviewonline.com.au/stock-photographs/photodetails.asp?ID=144).