This is a Post-Prod format Lie Teller, you idiot. It is intended to carry HD information without or little loss on quality, but with limited bandwidth (for RT treatments by NLEs and to be easier on the HDs). VC3 is not intended to save space on plastic discs for consumers.
And even if there was a declination with that goal, VC3 has been developped by AVID and SMPTE, not MS, and thus: "DNxHD is intended as an open standard. Ikegami's Editcam camera system for example records directly into DNxHD encoding. Such material is immediately accessible by editing platforms that support the DNxHD codec. The source code for the Avid DNxHD codec is licensable free of charge." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNxHD_codec
But maybe you were thinking about VC-2 ? Too bad, despite misinformation from some members of AVS/ engadget, I finally found some interesting facts about this.
It has been developped by the BBC, and is also under open standard licence.
Morale: If a new gen codec were to show up at this point in time, be it VC-3 or VC-2, Blu Ray could use it just as much as the dead HD-DVD. Come on man, stop BSing around.
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1stGreg @ Feb 13th 2008 3:51PM
This is a Post-Prod format Lie Teller, you idiot.
It is intended to carry HD information without or little loss on quality, but with limited bandwidth (for RT treatments by NLEs and to be easier on the HDs).
VC3 is not intended to save space on plastic discs for consumers.
And even if there was a declination with that goal, VC3 has been developped by AVID and SMPTE, not MS, and thus:
"DNxHD is intended as an open standard. Ikegami's Editcam camera system for example records directly into DNxHD encoding. Such material is immediately accessible by editing platforms that support the DNxHD codec. The source code for the Avid DNxHD codec is licensable free of charge."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNxHD_codec
But maybe you were thinking about VC-2 ?
Too bad, despite misinformation from some members of AVS/ engadget, I finally found some interesting facts about this.
VC-2 is being reviewd by the SMPTE, and has been finalized on Jan. 21st 2008. The other name it is known under is Dirac.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_%28codec%29
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp-pdf-files/WHP159.pdf
It has been developped by the BBC, and is also under open standard licence.
Morale: If a new gen codec were to show up at this point in time, be it VC-3 or VC-2, Blu Ray could use it just as much as the dead HD-DVD.
Come on man, stop BSing around.