[M4IF Discuss] Anystream Agility and MPEG-4

[Colin Witt]

We've been working with an Agility Workgroup system from Anystream to
compress video. This is basically an automation platform that makes it easy
to do large volume compression of video. It's ideal for many environments
because it lets compression people setup job profiles that non-technical
video people can use to compress the video.
I've had several discussions with them about support for MPEG-4, and they
seem lukewarm about it. Has anyone on this list worked with their systems,
specifically with an eye toward producing MPEG-4 video? I know at least one
person who reads this list has worked with Agility, because he's released a
set of profiles for their system that work very well (you know who you are).
Any comments? Any ideas about how to convince them to be more open to
standards-based formats?
Colin Witt
Baylor University