[AG-TECH] Question about Codec

[Bob Riddle]

I guess I might as well confess I'm hoping to do some DVTS work before 
the end of the year ...

Ivan R. Judson wrote:

>Additionally, we are looking into higher quality codecs, both Larry's
>OpenMASH and some other more informal work hopefully involving Colin and Co
>at ISI. OM has a new H.263 codec that works very nicely, but the current
>agvic has a bug that causes it to crash when it sees an OM H.263 stream, OM
>also has as bob pointed out MJPEG support.
>
>The other work involves potentially taking recently available prosumer
>cameras that produces a MPEG2-TS stream via firewire at HD resolutions (so
>the specs say :-), grabbing the data and streaming via vic shouldn't be
>insurmountable; decoding might take a bit of horsepower, but at least it's
>MPEG2 (decoders for which are seemingly embedded in most graphics chips
>now).
>
>Another place to consider looking it Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 boards, with
>drivers for mplayer. We don't have this working, but would be happy to help
>you make it work.
>
>Cheers,
>
>--Ivan
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov 
>>[mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Bob Riddle
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:11 AM
>>To: dwkim
>>Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
>>Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Question about Codec
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>>If you use the openmash vic, you can use RtpTV to generate 
>>mjpeg streams that the openmash vic will interpret. You'll 
>>need very capable cpus on the AG display machine.
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>>dwkim wrote:
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>>>Hi all:
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>>>We are wondering that there is any other codec not h.261
>>>for example, Can We use DVTS(digital video transport system) 
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>>or HDTV in 
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>>>AccessGrid ?
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>>>Thanks for any information
>>>
>>>Daewon kim
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>>>      
>>>
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>>Bob Riddle (bdr at internet2.edu)    Technologist,Internet2
>>3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100         Ann Arbor, Michigan  48108
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Bob Riddle (bdr at internet2.edu)    Technologist,Internet2
3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100         Ann Arbor, Michigan  48108
Business Phone: 734.913.4257      Fax Number:  734.913.4255

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" Thomas Edison