Re: Dirac 1.0.0 released. Comments?

Dave, Matt

Just to clarify, as there seems to be some confusion:

Dirac is absolutely viable for specification as a codec in HTML5.

Dirac is a completely general-purpose codec. It can, for example,  be a
long-GOP, low-bitrate codec which can be used for internet streaming or
IPTV. In fact this is what it was originally designed for.

Dirac does have special modes suitable for media production - these are
known as Dirac *Pro*, and the BBC is already using hardware implementing
these. Dirac Pro is being standardised through SMPTE as VC-2, and this
is very nearly complete. When it is complete, our intent is to
standardise the remaining parts of Dirac.

regards

Thomas Davies
Dirac Team, BBC Research

>From: Dave Singer <singer@apple.com> 
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:07:08 -0700
>Message-Id: <p06240809c4f8ab9f8e49@[17.202.35.52]> 
>To: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>, HTML WG Public List
<public-html@w3.org> 
>
>
>At 0:28  -0400 18/09/08, Matthew Raymond wrote:
>>    Dirac 1.0.0 has been released. See this URL for details:
>>
>>    http://diracvideo.org/node/18
>>
>>    Can someone comment on whether or not this is a viable codex to
>>specify in HTML5?
>
>I don't believe it is targetted at delivery (yet), but for media
production.
>-- 
>David Singer
>Apple/QuickTime

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