From mathijn.elhorst lostboys.nl Fri Feb 1 10:46:43 2002 From: mathijn.elhorst lostboys.nl (Mathijn Elhorst) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:29 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual License scheme announced In-Reply-To: <3C59DD00.C879EC93@envivio.com> Message-ID: <994284AE-16F8-11D6-9E2B-00039358A5A2@lostboys.nl> This sounds all really bad to me, if I understand it correctly. Charging for encoding and decoding is normal and everyone is used to it. However, charging for usage per hour is effectively killing the standard... Would you set up an administrative support system if you had a choice not to? I wouldn't. Whose idea is this? Someone protecting his own technology? Of course, MPEG-4 offers a lot that other proprietary standards don't, but in the beginning it is competing against just plain video and audio codecs... If it doesn't take off here, nobody would hear about the other features of MPEG-4... Everything is about producing content... that's why mp3 is still around... everyone started producing and it just took off from there... Just 2 cents... Mathijn < Mathijn Elhorst | Lead Developer Lost Boys Interactive Media | Herengracht 410 | 1017 BX?? Amsterdam | The Netherlands Ph: +31 20 5356161 | Fax: +31 20 5356160 | mathijn.elhorst@lostboys.nl Amsterdam | Barcelona | Berlin | London | Madrid | Paris | San Francisco | Warsaw | Zurich | www.lostboys.nl From rkoenen intertrust.com Fri Feb 1 05:50:49 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:29 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual License scheme announced Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591876C7@exchange.epr.com> The link below only worked yesterday. http://www.mpegla.com/news_release31Jan2002.html Is more permanent. I have discussed the need for clarification of the terms with MPEGLA. I am confident they will find a way to respond to the many questions that have arisen since the announcement. Best, Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Koenen [mailto:rkoenen@intertrust.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2024 11:47 > To: M4IF news (E-mail) > Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 Visual License scheme announced > Importance: High > > > Newsflash: > > See > http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/220310 > 215&ticker= > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > News@lists.m4if.org > http://lists.m4if.org/mailman/listinfo/news > From rkoenen intertrust.com Fri Feb 1 08:05:02 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:29 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] New MPEG-4 Discussion list! Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591876D7@exchange.epr.com> M4IF watchers, With the announcement of the Visual Licensing Scheme, it has become clear that there is a need for a discussion forum on non-technical issues regarding MPEG-4. As we want to keep the News list for announcements only, we have created a new list: discuss@lists.m4if.org Subscribe here: http://www.m4if.org/public/publiclistreg.html I am sure discussions will begin soon, so subscribe fast! Best, Rob Koenen From rkoenen intertrust.com Fri Feb 1 09:33:35 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:29 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Discussion list Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591876ED@exchange.epr.com> People, the subscriptions on the M4IF Discussion list are pouring in right now. We will hold all posts (except for this one :-) over the weekend, and turn them all loose on Monday, so that we will have a good crowd. Meantime - add the discussion mail address to your Address Book! Best, Rob From rkoenen intertrust.com Fri Feb 1 10:20:59 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] RE: [OpenDTV] MPEG-4 Licensing analysis Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591876F5@exchange.epr.com> Craig, all, (copying to the M4IF News list) I very much welcome that fact that FINALLY there is an announcement that some part of MPEG-4 will be licensable, even though it is only visual and only some profiles. More Visual Profiles are coming, and AUdio and Systems *should* too. IP in video coding is a reality that we have to live with. H.26L = JVT = MPEG-4 part 10 is not going to change that reality, although the attempts to have a royalty-free baseline may be successful, and this would help adoption of the standard. I have already heard many comments on the licensing scheme. They range from "Fine, it's out now, it's finaly clear and I can live with the terms" to "This will kill MPEG-4" So far, more people are concerned than happy. This worries me greatly. I would really like to hear from service providers (and other parties that are supposed to pay the use fee) to understand what they think. It would be good if MPEGLA could announce some deals or at least MoU's with people that are happy to play under these terms. This would mean the licensors have tested and proven the market reality of their terms. But before that, I think two things are most needed now: * More (much more) clarification on how this will exactly play out. Many comments I have seen may be right or wrong, depending on what the exact scheme looks like. * An open debate on whether this is what the market needs. Given the one year grace period, we have some time (but I do note that the grace period only applies to those that express an intention to sign up.) To stimulate these discussions, the MPEG-4 Industry Forum has created a new discussion list for non-technical discussions about MPEG-4 and everything that surrounds its uptake: discuss@lists.m4if.org subscribe at http://www.m4if.org/public/publiclistreg.html I sincerely hope - and have some reasons to believe - that the licensors are open to input from industry. This is not just expectation, it is pure necessity. And the case of MPEG-2 has shown this to work to some extent: rates were lowered because of market realities. MPEG-4 licensing will need to fit with market reality too. If and when it turns out that nobody will use MPEG-4 because licensing is deemed unreasonable, then everybody loses, including the licensors. They will lose more than just IP income. They wil also lose their share in the then non-existent MPEG-4 product market. Please note that MPEGLA is a facilitator that does not unilaterally decide on terms. If you feel like blaming someone, blame the licensors, not just their administrative body. The licensors are in the Press Release. Interestingly, there are only 18 names in the release, while it was previously announced that there were 19 holders of essential patents taking part in the discussions. One must have dropped out. (I do not know why and I never saw the original list of IP holders). We will unleash the discsussions on the M4IF discussion list coming Monday, to allow everybody to subscribe first. Subscriptions are pouring in as I write. I hope the licensors and their representatives will take active part in these discussions. Let's understand, and let's discuss. Best, Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Birkmaier [mailto:craig@pcube.com] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2024 7:07 > To: OpenDTV Mail List > Subject: [OpenDTV] MPEG-4 Licensing analysis > > > Sender: > > The MPEG Licensing authority has done it again. > > As indicated in the MPEG-LA press release and the EETime reaction > story that I am posting along with this message, it appears that > MPEG-LA has come up with another unworkable licensing scheme; one > that is likely to prevent MPEG-4 from becoming a viable standard in a > very competitive marketplace. > > The $0.25 licensing fee for a decoder or an encoder appear quite > fair, when viewed in the context of previous licensing terms for > MPEG-2 decoders and encoders. But the marketplace reality is that > most competitors charge NOTHING for decoders. > > What is far more important here is that this license is ONLY for > MPEG-4 visual, and the simple profile. In essence, this is just a low > bit rate streaming audio/video codec. It does not cover any of the > intellectual property in MPEG-4 that relates to all of the advanced > object based composition capabilities. In other words, it's just the > tip of the iceberg. What's more, the codec that is covered by this > license has been surpassed by a variety of other technologies, and > MPEG has begun work with the ITU to integrate the work done on the > 26L video codec into MPEG-4. > > The ITU has a far different view of licensing than ISO and MPEG. > Based on my discussion with people working on 26L, the intent is to > offer this codec on a royalty free basis, although it may be > pre-mature to assume that this will actually happen. > > Irrespective of the licensing fees for the MPEG-4 visual intellectual > property, the terms that MPEG-LA has established, charging usage fees > for commercial applications including streaming and packaged media > are unjustified and unworkable. No content creator or distributor is > going to use this technology with such an onerous requirement. To be > fair, there are usage fees for MPEG-2 on packaged media; it is > relatively easy for disc duplicators to collect these fees as a > component of the per disc charge. > > But tracking actual usage of streaming content adds a layer of > complexity for any commercial web site operator. Given the reality > that there are royalty free options that provide equal or better > quality, it is highly unlikely that many sites will elect to use > MPEG-4 video. > > Yesterday, Rob Koenan offered a more optimistic view of the > situation, suggesting that this will stimulate debate in the > industry. I hope Rob will take the opportunity to reply to these > comments and to keep us posted about any new development. > > Frankly, I can;t say I am surprised... > > -- > Regards > Craig Birkmaier > Pcube Labs > > ==^================================================================ > This email was sent to: rkoenen@intertrust.com > > EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8QYL.bAl7Rl > Or send an email to: OpenDTV-unsubscribe@topica.com > > T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register > ==^================================================================ > From rkoenen intertrust.com Mon Feb 4 22:11:53 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: Temeder - : [M4IF News] Webcasts: Next one is on IPMP! Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591877AE@exchange.epr.com> Reminder - The webcast on MPEG-4 Intellectual Property Management and Protection is coming up. Experts are this time: * Craig Schultz of Access Ticket, one of the leaders in the current work on IPMP extensions * Jack Lacy of InterTrust Technologies, one of the archtects of the 'IPMP hooks' * Peter Schirling of IBM, Head of the US MPEG Delegation and MPEG-1,-2,-4, and -7 Systems expert. They will address: * What is currently in MPEG-4 - what do the hooks do? - why was this approach chosen in 1998? - how does it help you get into business? * What are the IPMP extensions about: - what do they look like? - how do they help interoperability? - When are they done? * What is the relation with MPEG-2 and MPEG-21? (and -7?) You can listen to the webcast, or call in with questions. The dial-in number is +1 303-376-9984 The time is Tuesday 17:00 GMT. This is equal to: * Tue 18:00 CET, * Tue 09:00 PST, * Tue 12:00 EST, * Wed 01:00 China, * Wed 02:00 Tokyo, Seoul (sorry) * Wed 04:00 Sydney (sorry) For those in awkward timezones, you can always download or listen later. See the links below. Best Regards, Rob Koenen -----Original Message----- From: Rob Koenen [mailto:rkoenen@intertrust.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2024 16:49 To: M4IF news (E-mail) Cc: Bill Bernat (Streaming Media Inc.) (E-mail) Subject: [M4IF News] Webcasts: Next one is on IPMP! All, the 5th of our 6 episode webcast show on MPEG-4 technologies "Become an MPEG-4 Expert in 6 hours" will be aired ("wired") coming Tuesday. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! NOTE that the 5th and the 6th episodes have switched places compared to what was originally published: Tuesday 5 Februari: IPMP (Digital Rights Management) in MPEG-4 This will include the relation of IPMP with MPEG-2 and a bit on MPEG-21 Tuesday 12 Februari: MPEG-4 eXtensible Textual Format (XMT), Authoring including the File Format. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! For both shows, you can listen on the Web or download later. World class experts on these topics will tell you all you ever wanted to know, and if they don't, you can call into the live show and ask them your questions. Experts and audience come from all over the globe. Airing times are: 17:00 GMT, 18:00 CET, 9:00 PST, 12:00 EST, 01:00 China, 02:00 Tokyo, Seoul (sorry) 04:00 Sydney (sorry) The 4 webcasts already broadcast are still available for streaming and downloading (MP3): * MPEG-4 Systems * MPEG-4 Video * MPEG-4 Audio * Conformance and Interoperability in MPEG-4. See http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html or http://www.streamingmedia.com/talk/mpeg4.asp?id=299&ref=m4if for links to all of these. These webcasts are the result of a cooperation between Streamingmedia, Inc. and the MPEG-4 Industry Forum (M4IF). Kind Regards, Rob Koenen President, M4IF ps: If you have questions, suggestions, rants or compliments about the series, send them to show host Bill Bernat and to me before it's all over! _______________________________________________ News mailing list News@lists.m4if.org http://lists.m4if.org/mailman/listinfo/news From rkoenen intertrust.com Tue Feb 5 14:44:21 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] M4IF Press Release: M4IF Opens Debate on MPEG-4 Licensing Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591877EF@exchange.epr.com> The following was released on the Business Wire today: http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4-out-20014.php Best Regards, Rob M4IF Opens Debate on MPEG-4 Licensing Industry forum welcomes MPEG-LA announcement on licensing terms, urges discussion on the details. San Ramon, 4 February 2024 - The MPEG-4 Industry Forum (M4IF) today welcomed the January 31 announcement by MPEG-LA of a licensing program for the Visual part of the MPEG-4 multimedia coding standard. M4IF also announced initiating an open industry discussion on the licensing terms and other issues that affect the uptake of MPEG-4. "M4IF is very happy to finally see license holders announcing a license program", said Rob Koenen, President of M4IF. "This is hard evidence that MPEG-4 is gathering momentum. It is great that 18 companies have reached this long-awaited consensus." There is concern among M4IF members over whether the terms are practical for the whole variety of markets adopting MPEG-4. M4IF received many reactions to the licensing program, ranging from 'this sounds reasonable' to 'this will never work', depending on the envisaged application area. M4IF believes that the terms presented in the MPEG-LA press release need further clarification and discussion. Those details will determine whether the program adequately supports existing services such as mobile use, broadcasting, media distribution and Internet streaming, as well as radically new MPEG-4 services. M4IF encourages licensors and their representatives to engage in the discussion with the rest of the MPEG-4 community. "I am confident that licensors, many of them M4IF members, are ready to listen to the arguments before the licensing details are finalized", said Koenen. "This benefits all. Both licensors and licensees want MPEG-4 to succeed, and thus both require reasonable licensing in all markets." The open discussion list is at discuss@lists.m4if.org . Anyone can subscribe at . About MPEG-4 MPEG-4 is the interactive coding standard for all digital multimedia platforms. Developed by the "Moving Picture Experts Group" that designed MPEG-2 (the digital television standard), MPEG-1 and MP3. Being object-based and extending beyond video and audio, MPEG-4 supports rich, interactive, standards-based multimedia from low bandwidths to transparent quality. About M4IF M4IF is represents more than 100 companies from diverse industries evenly distributed across North America, Europe and Asia, addressing MPEG-4 adoption issues that go beyond the charter of ISO/IEC MPEG. Activities of the forum include an interoperability program, certification, several working groups, access to ISO/MPEG committee members, and an annual conference (WEMP-4). For more information visit: Press Contact: Rob Koenen, President M4IF +1 408 823 7512 rob.koenen@m4if.org From rkoenen intertrust.com Tue Feb 5 15:59:28 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: Reminder - : [M4IF News] Webcasts: Next one is on IPMP! Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59187802@exchange.epr.com> People, Apparently the Webcast on IPMP only started to stream 15 minutes into the discussion, because of technical difficulties in streaming. I am very sorry, and would like to apologize to the people that were ready to listen, but got no signal. I am especially sorry since this is not the first time this has happened in these series. While the mishap is beyond M4IF's immediate control, I have taken steps to ensure that next time we won't be faced with these problems. For those that tried to listen but gave up, or those of you who missed the first part, the complete session can be streamed or downloaded from the following link: http://www.streamingmedia.com/talk/view.asp?id=303&ref=m4if It will take a few days for the MP3 download to become available. Kind Regards, Rob Koenen > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Koenen [mailto:rkoenen@intertrust.com] > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2024 22:12 > To: M4IF news (E-mail) > Subject: Temeder - : [M4IF News] Webcasts: Next one is on IPMP! > > > Reminder - The webcast on MPEG-4 Intellectual Property > Management and Protection is coming up. > > Experts are this time: > * Craig Schultz of Access Ticket, one of the leaders in the > current work on IPMP extensions > * Jack Lacy of InterTrust Technologies, one of the archtects of > the 'IPMP hooks' > * Peter Schirling of IBM, Head of the US MPEG Delegation and > MPEG-1,-2,-4, and -7 Systems expert. > > They will address: > > * What is currently in MPEG-4 > - what do the hooks do? > - why was this approach chosen in 1998? > - how does it help you get into business? > > * What are the IPMP extensions about: > - what do they look like? > - how do they help interoperability? > - When are they done? > > * What is the relation with MPEG-2 and MPEG-21? (and -7?) > > You can listen to the webcast, or call in with questions. > The dial-in number is +1 303-376-9984 > > The time is Tuesday 17:00 GMT. This is equal to: > * Tue 18:00 CET, > * Tue 09:00 PST, > * Tue 12:00 EST, > * Wed 01:00 China, > * Wed 02:00 Tokyo, Seoul (sorry) > * Wed 04:00 Sydney (sorry) > > For those in awkward timezones, you can always download or listen > later. See the links below. > > Best Regards, > Rob Koenen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Koenen [mailto:rkoenen@intertrust.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2024 16:49 > To: M4IF news (E-mail) > Cc: Bill Bernat (Streaming Media Inc.) (E-mail) > Subject: [M4IF News] Webcasts: Next one is on IPMP! > > > All, > > the 5th of our 6 episode webcast show on MPEG-4 technologies > "Become an MPEG-4 Expert in 6 hours" will be aired ("wired") > coming Tuesday. > > ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > NOTE that the 5th and the 6th episodes have switched places > compared to what was originally published: > > Tuesday 5 Februari: IPMP (Digital Rights Management) in MPEG-4 > This will include the relation of IPMP with MPEG-2 > and a bit on MPEG-21 > > Tuesday 12 Februari: MPEG-4 eXtensible Textual Format (XMT), > Authoring including the File Format. > ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > > For both shows, you can listen on the Web or download later. > World class experts on these topics will tell you all you ever > wanted to know, and if they don't, you can call into the live > show and ask them your questions. > > Experts and audience come from all over the globe. > Airing times are: > 17:00 GMT, > 18:00 CET, > 9:00 PST, > 12:00 EST, > 01:00 China, > 02:00 Tokyo, Seoul (sorry) > 04:00 Sydney (sorry) > > The 4 webcasts already broadcast are still available for streaming > and downloading (MP3): > * MPEG-4 Systems > * MPEG-4 Video > * MPEG-4 Audio > * Conformance and Interoperability in MPEG-4. > See http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html > or http://www.streamingmedia.com/talk/mpeg4.asp?id=299&ref=m4if > for links to all of these. > > These webcasts are the result of a cooperation between > Streamingmedia, Inc. and the MPEG-4 Industry Forum (M4IF). > > Kind Regards, > > > Rob Koenen > President, M4IF > > ps: If you have questions, suggestions, rants or compliments about > the series, send them to show host Bill Bernat and to me before > it's all over! > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > News@lists.m4if.org > http://lists.m4if.org/mailman/listinfo/news > _______________________________________________ > News mailing list > News@lists.m4if.org > http://lists.m4if.org/mailman/listinfo/news > From rkoenen intertrust.com Mon Feb 11 15:55:20 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Last webcast! Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59187990@exchange.epr.com> Dear All, Tomorrow is our last webcast form our seriews of 6. This one will look at the MPEG-4 standard from the perspective of the author, and explain how you can use MPEG-4 to create compelling content. It will address : * the eXtensible MPEG-4 Textual Format (and its relation to BIFS and SMIL) * Authoring with MPEG-4 Wat tools are there, what formats How do you author content How can you reuse content * Exchanging content with MP4, the MPEG-4 File Format. Experts on the show are: * Michelle Kim of IBM, expert in the eXtensible MPEG-4 Textual Format * Olivier Avaro of France Telecom, Chair of MPEG Systems Group * Brandan Kavanagh of iVast, who has extensive experience with authoring. Tune in for this last show at Tuesday (Wednesday for the Asia/Pacic region) Airing times are: 17:00 GMT, 18:00 CET, 9:00 PST, 12:00 EST, 01:00 China, 02:00 Tokyo, Seoul (sorry) 04:00 Sydney (sorry) See http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html for details. Best, Rob All 5 previous shows can be streamed or downloaded. See http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html From rkoenen intertrust.com Tue Feb 12 13:12:55 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Release of QuickTime 6 with MPEG-4 Awaits Changes to MPEG-4 Licen se Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D590B1543@exchange.epr.com> (sorry for duplications. the news seems important enough to send to Discussion and News lists.) Rob http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/feb/12qt6.html Apple Previews QuickTime 6 with MPEG-4 Release Awaits Changes to MPEG-4 License QUICKTIME LIVE, LOS ANGELES—February 12, 2002—Apple® today previewed QuickTime® 6, featuring full support for MPEG-4, the emerging standard for streaming high quality content to computers and other digital devices. QuickTime 6, along with Apple’s new QuickTime Streaming Server 4 and the new QuickTime Broadcaster (see related release “Apple Previews New QuickTime Broadcaster Software”), enables the first complete MPEG-4 based streaming media solution. Although the QuickTime 6 software is complete and ready for release, Apple is delaying its release until MPEG-4 video licensing terms are improved. The MPEG-4 licensing terms proposed by MPEG-LA (the largest group of MPEG-4 patent holders) includes royalty payments from companies, like Apple, who ship MPEG-4 codecs, as well as royalties from content providers who use MPEG-4 to stream video. Apple agrees with paying a reasonable royalty for including MPEG-4 codecs in QuickTime, but does not believe that MPEG-4 can be successful in the marketplace if content owners must also pay royalties in order to deliver their content using MPEG-4. “MPEG-4 is the best format for streaming media on the web, and QuickTime 6 is the first complete MPEG-4 solution,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “MPEG-4 is poised for great success once the licensing terms are modified to allow content providers to stream their content royalty-free.” QuickTime 6 provides a fully scalable, ISO compliant MPEG-4 solution for streaming media to the widest range of devices. Key features of QuickTime 6 include: * Apple-developed video codec for encoding and decoding MPEG-4 video content; * support for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), the next generation audio format; * support for CELP, the MPEG-4 speech codec for reproduction of natural speech; * adherence to the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) 1.0 specification; * MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 playback, ideal for content creators who wish to preview and share work throughout the production process; * Flash 5 support; * DVC Pro (PAL) support; * updated user interface with a new, easy-to-use “Favorites” interface and easier access to QuickTime content; and * skip protection enhancements. QuickTime is Apple’s industry-leading, standards-based software for developing, producing and delivering high quality audio and video over IP, wireless and broadband networks. Last year, 80 million users downloaded QuickTime Player via the Internet while tens of millions more copies were distributed via digital cameras, software titles and enhanced music CDs. As the platform of choice for content creators worldwide, QuickTime delivers the full media experience for thousands of unique titles of enhanced music CDs and software titles. Additionally, QuickTime ships on more than 150 digital camera models to provide consumers with the highest quality media playback experience. Apple also announced the immediate availability of QuickTime Streaming Server 4, Apple’s advanced open-source, standards-based streaming server, now with MPEG-4 and MP3 streaming capabilities. QuickTime Streaming Server 4 does not require a MPEG-4 license and is therefore immediately available. QuickTime Streaming Server 4 features include: * full MPEG-4 support, allowing MPEG-4 content to be streamed live or on demand; * ability to serve MP3 files or playlists to standard MP3 players, such as iTunes™, QuickTime player or WinAmp; * enhancements to the web-based administration tool; and * quality of service and skip protection enhancements. QuickTime Streaming Server 4 is available as a free download at www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qtss. Apple is a co-founder of the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA), which is dedicated to the development of products and technologies that adhere to industry standards. QuickTime was chosen by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as the file format for MPEG-4, providing the software with a deep level of compatibility with the standard. Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. Press Contacts: Bill Evans Apple (408) 974-0610 bevans@apple.com Nicole Scott Edelman Worldwide (650) 429-2764 nicole.scott@edelman.com NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website ( www.apple.com/pr/), or call Apple's Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, iTunes and QuickTime are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20020212/f8d787b0/attachment.html From rkoenen intertrust.com Tue Feb 12 13:25:45 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Streaming Video Profiles Amendment published Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D591879B9@exchange.epr.com> ISO today published the long-awaited Streaming Video Profiles Amendment. This Amendment includes: * Advanced SImple Profile * Fine Granular Scalability Profile * Level 0 for Simple Profile See http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/StandardsQueryFormHandler.StandardsQueryFormHandler ?languageCode=en&keyword=&lastSearch=false&isoNumber=14496&isoPartNumber=&IC S=&stageCode=&stageDate=&committee=ALL&subcommittee=&scope=CATALOGUE&sortOrd er=ISO (remove line breaks before clicking or copy/paste in browser) Note that the Amendment has been available for some time in Final Draft International Standard form from sales@iso.org. This FDIS was technically 100% identical to the now published International Standard (IS). Best, Rob From rkoenen intertrust.com Fri Feb 15 08:29:26 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG Standards at reduced Prices available Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59187A1B@exchange.epr.com> I hav just learnt that ISO is conducting a market trial and making available some 100 Standards online, at a reduced rate of 44 Swiss Francs. The trial runs until 2002. Among the 100 selected standards are *some* parts of MPEG-4 MPEG-2, MPEG-1 as well as part 1 of MPEG-21. This is great news, as it makes MPEG standards more easily available. Let's hope it will be extended to all (MPEG) standards soon. See: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/pressreleases/2002/Ref815.html Kind Regards, Rob Koenen From rkoenen intertrust.com Mon Feb 25 15:49:44 2002 From: rkoenen intertrust.com (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:30 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Studio Profile published Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59187BE0@exchange.epr.com> I received news today that the MPEG-4 Studio Profile is now published. Officially this concerns: "ISO/IEC 14496-2:2001/Amd.1:2002, Information technology -- Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 2: Visual, AMENDMENT 1: Studio profile" To obtain it, go to http://www.m4if.org/resources.php and follow the link to "obtaining the MPEG-4 Standard". I look forward to seeing news about implementations as well. Best Regards, Rob Koenen