[M4IF Technotes] HD decoders?

Christoph Lampert chl math.uni-bonn.de
Fri Feb 28 00:44:41 EST 2003


On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Ben Waggoner wrote:
> Tom,
> 
>     Encoding isn't a problem.  I'm using Sorenson Squeeze, which can make
> compliant HD MPEG-4 without breaking a sweat.  It's the decode that's a
> problem.  I don't want to do a DivX decode, since it isn't pure MPEG-4.

LGPL'ed ffmpeg/ffdshow (ffmpeg.sf.net) might be the tool of your
choice. It decodes MPEG-4 ASP and is indeed faster than DivX. 
XviD decodes MPEG-4 ASP, too, but might be slightly slower. 
Christoph


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