- From: Philipp Hoschka <Philipp.Hoschka@sophia.inria.fr>
- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 19:49:14 +0100
- To: www-multimedia@w3.org
- cc: j.wallis@wlv.ac.uk
>On 8 Dec 97, Neil Ridgway wrote: > >> What are the differences between SMIL and the MHEG standard? > >I was wondering when someone would ask this. It strikes me that SMIL >is addressing much the same problems - i.e., device independent >representation of multimedia data objects on that high level of abstraction, all things look pretty similar, of course :-) MHEG, and many other formats developed in the area of Multimedia have been discussed at the W3C Workshop on "Real Time Multimedia and the Web" in October 96. http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/RTMW96.html This workshop brought together experts from many different multimedia areas and industries. Pretty much all major players were present. http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/9610_Workshop/participants.html Many of these experts are now activley participating in the W3C Synchronized Multimedia Working Group (SYMM), which is producing SMIL. The workshop spent a whole day on presenting formats. http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/9610_Workshop/minutes.html#24 http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/9610_Workshop/index.html The formats presented at the workshop included MHEG, HyTime, Quicktime, Lingo >12 months or so. Was anyone who is now involved in SMIL seriously >involved in MHEG before? yes, quite a few people with MHEG experience participated and are still participating in the W3C WG that is producing SMIL. -Philipp Hoschka, W3C
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