MPEG Industry Forum

Ahead Software is the technology leader in CD and DVD recording solutions. Ahead's flagship product, Nero, has transformed the CD and DVD recording landscape since its inception in 1995. Nero Digital is the new benchmark in MPEG-4 audio/video compression, encompassing full ISO/14496-2/3 compatibility, and state of the art audio, High Efficiency AAC + Parametric Stereo in MPEG-4. Ahead Software presents both Parametric Stereo Extensions in High Efficiency AAC and H264/AVC as part of major enhancements to its MPEG-4 A/V solution, Nero Digital. PS AAC offers significant improvements on existing LC and HE AAC technology, whilst AVC/H264 is increasingly accredited as the next generation in video coding.

Fraunhofer IIS and Fraunhofer IDMT

http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/index.html

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT pursues applied research on innovative media technologies for professional and consumer markets. Besides the revolutionary IOSONO sound reproduction system the institute focuses on MPEG-7 compliant metadata technologies, such as melody recognition and audio fingerprinting within the AudioID application. Fingerprinting technologies will be applied in music search engines, broadcast monitoring systems and production tools. Fraunhofer IIS presents at NAB recent MPEG-4 AVC video and MPEG-4 HE AAC Surround audio solutions for broadcasting and Video-on-demand services. Fraunhofer IDMT will demonstrate AudioID and the "Query by Humming" transcription system which queries a search engine using input melody.

Fraunhofer IIS is the leading international research lab in the field of high quality low bit rate audio coding. In its Audio & Multimedia department cluster a team of 80 engineers focuses on the development of audiovisual solutions. Fraunhofer IIS has been the main developer of the most advanced audio coding schemes, like MPEG Layer-3 (MP3) and MPEG AAC. At NAB Fraunhofer IIS presents the revolutionary new "HE-AAC Surround" sound technology which enables high quality 5.1-channel sound down to 48 kb/s, integrated with a Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-4 AVC video Codec.

Harmonic Inc.

http://www.harmonicinc.com

Harmonic Inc. (booth #SU11006), a global leader in high-performance digital video solutions for broadcasters and other service providers, is demonstrating the recently introduced DiviCom® MV 100 encoding platform running the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec. The MV 100 will be producing broadcast quality interlaced standard definition digital video.

Harmonic's award-winning SD and HD digital video compression, multiplexing and transport systems are used by providers across the content origination and delivery chain. Our standards-based solutions use MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) and Windows Media 9 Advanced Profile (VC9) to generate the best picture-quality at any bit-rate for distribution over-the-air and via a range of carrier networks.

MAYAH Communications

http://www.mayah.com

MAYAH Communications' focus is audio and video transmission in high quality via various networks. Audio Gateway CENTAURI with FlashCast technology, the automatic algorithm detection, supports ISDN, E1, X.1 and Ethernet with various IP protocols and covering MPEG 1, 2 and 4. The IO [io] 8000 family supports MPEG 4 audio video with ISMA streaming. All hardware products are developed for 24/7 operation to ensure highes stability and security.

PRODYS

http://www.prodys.net/english/home.htm

PRODYS, a key player on digital video and audio solutions on DSP, provides top-of-the-range compression technologies for a wide range of applications requiring advanced real-time media codecs. PRODYS has established itself as an international reference for quality when it comes to the newest technology in MPEG-based compression algorithms for Texas Instruments' DSPs.

At NAB, PRODYS will show VANDEK, the new development platform for system integrators that allows them to rapidly put designs to work by providing reference designs, sample frameworks, and expert-level documentation for a wide range of MPEG compression schemes. Multi-format ISO/IEC MPEG-based Video and Audio Encoders and Decoders running simultaneously on Texas Instruments' DM642 EVM board and Set-Top Box reference designs featuring a high number of formats PRODYS supports including MPEG-2, MPEG-4 SP, MPEG-4 AVC, and WM9.

Videosoft

http://www.videosoftinc.com

VideoSoft is a leading provider of high performance, broadcast quality AVC codecs for the PC (Windows and Linux), and for the TI DM642 embedded platform. Videosoft is headquartered in Los Altos, California, and maintains a research and development facility in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Videosoft will be demonstrating the flexibility of its encoding solutions for applications ranging from narrow band video conferencing, to mobile device video delivery, IP Streaming, Video program recording, content authoring and broadcast transmission. Videosoft's patented implementation of H.264 realizes broadcast quality video at rates up to 40 times faster than the JVT reference code. Its flexible software architecture enables rapid porting to different platforms.

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