[Mp4-tech] advance multimedia with mpeg-4

[Sven Wontroba]

Hello experts
For a while now I am researching the area of multimedia in mobile
devices and set top boxed for my end project at my university. So I
found different IST - EU research project using advanced MPEG-4
functionality like BIFS, advanced video coding for scaleability,...
Something I'm wondering about it, I see during the last years an
upcoming trend in the use of MPEG-4 video, but in real world product
(not research project) just the use of "basic" and in some new products
avc video. I know there is the GPAC project which also seems to be
used in many research projects. But I haven't seen any commercial
product out there using this advanced features in any device.
One point I see so far is, up till now you have to create xlets and
midlets and program the multimedia part if you want to be able to play
multimedia content with the existing products and create you own
parser. I don't know you can just download a module which is able to
interpret BIFS,... information over dvb or Internet? Or would it be a
program like a player you have to install on the machine in advance or
is installed already on the STB, mobile?
I haven't seen them in real world product. Or I might not be aware of
the product. So if you are aware of them please send me some
information. Additional comments are also appreciated.
I'll send this to different lists, hopefully to get some comments so I
apologize if some of you will receive this 2 times.
Thanks in advance Sven