The ITU has approved the HEVC or H.265 standard.
OK, so you may not be running around the office whooping, but I am (yes, I am a bit sad in that respect). This is a significant step to improving the quality (and reducing the size) of video delivered over IP.
Of course, it does bring with it a whole range of new issues - such as what do you do with all your shinny MP4 videos, the back library you just finished transcoding from FLV.
And what about companies like Google - will they adopt it, or use this as an opportunity to push their WebM format once more.
And what about the licensing ? Some companies wouldn't use MP4 even due to the licensing overhang.
Another layer of complexity added to the whole format issue, perhaps, but worthwhile in this case.
OK, so you may not be running around the office whooping, but I am (yes, I am a bit sad in that respect). This is a significant step to improving the quality (and reducing the size) of video delivered over IP.
Of course, it does bring with it a whole range of new issues - such as what do you do with all your shinny MP4 videos, the back library you just finished transcoding from FLV.
And what about companies like Google - will they adopt it, or use this as an opportunity to push their WebM format once more.
And what about the licensing ? Some companies wouldn't use MP4 even due to the licensing overhang.
Another layer of complexity added to the whole format issue, perhaps, but worthwhile in this case.