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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s due to an
incomplete implementation or lack of optimisation, but H264 is pretty &#8216;hungry&#8217;
in that version of VIC. Given all the compatibility issues between IOCOM and &nbsp;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&#8230; 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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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'>Jimmy:<br>
<br>
A beta version of the h264/mpeg4 services can be gotten from here:<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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.&nbsp; I'll work to get the Mac
version up.&nbsp; 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>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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'>&nbsp;<span class=moz-txt-tag>--&nbsp;</span><br>
Jimmy Miklavcic <br>
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