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Subject:    [theora] Re: [theora-dev] FOSS Codecs for Online Video: Usability,
From:       anna () engagemedia ! org (anna () engagemedia ! org)
Date:       2007-09-18 19:14:32
Message-ID: 46F07E5C.90401 () engagemedia ! org
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Hi,

Thanks everyone for your input on and offlist, I have included these as 
notes on our wiki and will develop some info on each area in the coming 
weeks. I look forward to releasing another draft of the report with 
these and any other inclusions :)

Anna

> 
> On 9/18/07, Felipe Portavales Goldstein <portavales@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On the topic "Future of Web Video"
> > 
> > You say:
> > "Mobile devices often use hardware decoders rather than software
> > decoders to playback video due to the relatively smaller capacity of
> > the processor."
> > 
> > "Ogg Theora/Vorbis does have the potential to be supported by mobile
> > devices using the software decoder, but it remains to be seen what the
> > degree of uptake of this will be."
> > 
> > Actually, we are developing a Theora Hardware decoder solution aimed
> > to mobile/embedded devices.
> > The solution already works using our open source hardware design
> > integrated with the LEON processor (an open source processor).
> > 
> > We are capable to decode Theora streams in real-time (20 FPS) up to
> > 600 Kbps  running on an FPGA at 50 MHz.
> > The video resolution is still very limited, but we are hard-working to
> > improve the resolution using a different memory hierarchy in our
> > hardware decoder.
> > 
> > I believe that we will be able to decode high resolution video streams
> > in the near future, with a complete open source hardware platform.
> > 
> > The hardware theora source code are located on the Xiph SVN:
> > http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/theora-fpga/theora_hardware/
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Felipe
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/18/07, anna@engagemedia.org <anna@engagemedia.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Theora/Xiph folk,
> > > *
> > > FOSS Codecs for Online Video: Usability, Uptake and Development - First
> > > Draft*
> > > A review of available tools for the creation, playback and embedding of
> > > online video using Free and Open Source Software video codecs and a look
> > > at the most pressing areas for development to enhance their adoption by
> > > social change video projects on the web.
> > > http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability%2C_Uptake_and_Development
> > >  
> > > I have been writing this report into FOSS Video Codecs for the last few
> > > months for the Transmission network of online video projects for social
> > > change.
> > > http://transmission.cc
> > > 
> > > A version in PDF (see below) is also available for reading offline here:
> > > http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/anna/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video_1_1.pdf
> > > 
> > > I would rather have feedback into a second draft from the Transmission
> > > network before distributing the report too widely, to ensure the report
> > > benefits from all our knowledge and reflects the needs of the network.
> > > But I thought people on this list might like to take a look at the draft
> > > and let me know what is missing or pitch in with some different
> > > opinions. It is a set of practical recommendations for projects within
> > > our network and beyond, rather than an academic report.
> > > 
> > > The recommendations cover codecs and containers, player and transcoding
> > > software, server-side transcoding, embedded playback, support of FOSS
> > > codecs in popular CMSs and the development of a transcoder/uploader client.
> > > 
> > > The report PDF has some formatting errors and I'd prefer to distribute
> > > it in an open format - but I can't find a good solution for exporting
> > > from MediaWiki - please let me know if anyone has any ideas on this.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Anna
> > > 
> > > http://EngageMedia.org
> > > http://Plumi.org
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > theora-dev mailing list
> > > theora-dev@xiph.org
> > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/theora-dev
> > > 
> > > 
> > --
> > ________________________________________
> > Felipe Portavales Goldstein <portavales at gmail>
> > Undergraduate Student - IC-UNICAMP
> > Computer Systems Laboratory
> > http://www.students.ic.unicamp.br/~ra023772/
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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