[M4IF Technotes] FW: [mpeg4] Re: What stuff would you like to see in a codec revie w

[Rob Koenen]

An interesting question that came up on a different list.
Please reply to author with copy to me if you have anything
to respond.
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Waggoner [mailto:ben   interframemedia.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2024 12:05
To: Streaming Media MPEG-4
Subject: [mpeg4] Re: What stuff would you like to see in a codec review
Amir,
    To that end, do you know of any players that actually support the full
Advanced Simple profile at any level?  The player documentation tends to be
very vague about what they can actually do.
Ben Waggoner
Interframe Media <http://www.interframemedia.com>
Digital Video Compression Consulting, Training, and Encoding
on 1/24/02 8:58 AM, Amir Majidimehr at amirm   microsoft.com wrote:
> 2.  There are various profiles in MPEG-4 such as Simple and Advanced
> Profiles.  Seeing the *relative* difference in CPU usage on the same
> architecture/player (i.e. X86) would give us fair amount of insight as
> to the required additional hardware resources for these modes.  Of
> course, this would not tell you everything, but if all the players run
> 2X slower compared to Simple profile, that would tell you something
> about the complexity of Advanced Simple -- whether it runs on X86 or
> not.