[M4IF Discuss] What is the REAL advantage?

[Sanjay Kulkarni]

Oh, I would be willing to develop MPEG4 content and distribute it, as long
as it is accepted in the market. In that case, I would be responsible for
content conversion and licensing issues.
But then, I'd like see more and more consumers having MPEG4 decoders to
view my content.
As someone on this list rightly pointed out (I miss the name), it is going
to be hard to get popular support for MPEG4 for markets in which Windows
Media, RealVideo, etc are popular - such as PC based streaming content -
but for areas where there are no solutions as yet, MPEG4 has a big chance.
Examples - streaming media over Internet connected STBs and TVs or mobile
commn.
Sanjay
P.S. THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION AND DOES NOT REFLECT MY COMPANY IN ANY
WAY
Rob Koenen wrote:
> > | Moreover, QuickTime has already showed MPEG-4 support working
> > | at NAB last year, and Real has announced it too.
> > |
> >
> > Yes, it may be they have implemented a licensing structure where
> > everyone is willing to implement support but no one is
> > willing to create
> > and transmit content.
> >
>
> That is a good comment, and one that I would like to see supported
> or refuted by the facts. Let's try to understand how it works out
> for specific use cases. I have invited the people that know to explain
> the scheme in more detail, and also to explain where the details still
> need to be worked out. It will greatly help if we get concrete
> examples of where licensing supposedly works and where it allegedly
> doesn't.
>
> Rob
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