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color:#1F497D'>Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I assume these services use the 1.3.1a version of VIC which has
been available from the Sumover website for a while now? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://mediatools.cs.ucl.ac.uk/software/vic/releases/vic-h264/">http://mediatools.cs.ucl.ac.uk/software/vic/releases/vic-h264/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In which case I would definitely agree that MPEG4 is a much better
choice of codec than H264. I don’t know if it’s due to an
incomplete implementation or lack of optimisation, but H264 is pretty ‘hungry’
in that version of VIC. Given all the compatibility issues between IOCOM and the
AGTk [AVATS] VIC it would be nice to see if IOCOM could work on a compliant
MEG4 codec instead. I can dream I suppose… Anyway, thanks for packaging
these up into Video Services, as retrofitting H264 VIC into the existing H261
biased Video Producer meant a lot of headaches when it would default you back
to H261 every time you reload it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Adam Horwich.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas D. Uram<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 February 2008 00:04<br>
<b>To:</b> Jimmy Miklavcic<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ag-tech<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AG-TECH] Any more H.264 news?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'>Jimmy:<br>
<br>
A beta version of the h264/mpeg4 services can be gotten from here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.accessgrid.org/project/Sumover">http://www.accessgrid.org/project/Sumover</a><br>
<br>
Note that it is currently only for Windows. I'll work to get the Mac
version up. I expect that Doug/Chris will provide Linux support very
soon.<br>
<br>
Also note that if you are using these services to send mpeg4/h264, anyone who
does not have the mpeg4/h264 consumer service installed will not be able to see
your video. <br>
<br>
Please report problems liberally so we can improve this support.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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On 1/28/08 5:17 PM, Jimmy Miklavcic wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Has
there been any more progress with H.264 and AG 3.1? Also has anyone seen the
new Osprey 700 HD?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jimmy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> <span class=moz-txt-tag>-- </span><br>
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