[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 6,7

Mon Feb 17 01:27:32 EST 2003

Dear MPEG-4 News Readers
The MPEG-4 Industry Forum signed up  <http://www.bitmanagement.de/>
Bitmanagement as a new member last week. Bitmanagement has really cool 3D,
interactive MPEG-4 technology. Pace Soft Silicon, already a member, joined
the interop tests, entering into its 5th round soon.  I'll give you the news
without further ado. 
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen. 
News on MPEG-4
*	JVC Intros  <http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_5213.shtml> New
MPEG-4 codec [PostIndustry, 14 Feb 03] - delivering an ISMA
<http://www.isma.tv/> -compliant stream, the DM-NC40U supports unicast and
multicast and low delay.
*	RFMD and Intel announce wireless compatibility
<http://compoundsemiconductor.net/articles/news/7/2/17/1>
[compoundsemiconductor.net, 14 Feb 03] - "The Intel PXA800F cellular
processor [...] supports a rich feature set including MP3 and MPEG-4
decode".
*	New Software  <http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2003/4866.htm> Speeds
MPEG-4 Optimization and Standards-compliance [3G, 14 Feb 03] - Vprove from
Vqual checks MPEG-4 Video encoding compliance.
*	ATM adopts new work item for MPEG-4 over ATM
<http://www.convergedigest.com/PacketSystems/packetsysarticle.asp?ID=6330>
[Converge!, 06 Feb 03] and Back to the
<http://212.100.234.54/content/53/29307.html> video future for ATM [The
Register, 12 Feb 03] - The ATM Forum recently discussed its work plan. "Work
to push ahead with standards for the delivery of MPEG-4 streaming media over
ATM networks, for the provision of video on demand services, was also pushed
forward".
*	Digital media heads upstream
<http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1138705>  [vnunet, 12 Feb 03] - "Research
house Instat/MDR tips Microsoft to dominate the market with the 9 series,
with a later challenge from MPEG-4, which will then take the lead."
*	DMOD  <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0302/11.dmod.php>
WorkSpace adds QuickTime 6 support [MacCentral, 11 Feb 03] - "Version 2.5
provides expanded media format compatibility, including support for
QuickTime 6.0, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4." 
*	Researchers scale power barrier at ISSCC
<http://www.eetimes.com/in_focus/silicon_engineering/OEG20030207S0022>  [EE
Times, 10 Feb 03] - "Aiming at portable 2D/3D graphics and MPEG4
applications, researchers at KAIST (Daejeon, Korea) and Hynix Semiconductor,
(Icheon, Korea) have developed a 121mm2 graphics LSI."
*	ChipWrights optimizes processor for digital cameras
<http://www.eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20030210S0045>  [EE Times, 10 Feb 03] -
The CW4511 [...] When performing CIF encoding of MPEG-4 streams at 30 fps,
the CW4511 typically consumes 300-mW power, ..."
*	Community Wifi Feeds Community Cable in NYC
<http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/09/1532201.shtml?tid=129>  [Slashdot, 09
Feb 03] - "The project has successfully conducted a test which involved
cablecasting an mpeg4 video stream being transported by the nycwireless.net
..."
*	YML  <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0302/08.yml.php> interview
videos available [MacCentral, 08 Feb 03] - Your Mac Life has been
broadcasting in MPEG-4 for a while now, and now the shows are also available
on archive.
*	MainConcept announces upcoming H.264 [Advanced Video Coding]
<http://www.mainconcept.com/h264.shtml> Codec [MainConcept, 07 Feb 03] -
Another one to support Advanced Video Coding (a.k.a. H.264 or MPEG-4 part
10).
*	OpenIPMP Seeks to Break the DRM Stalemate with Release of
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/2/prweb56862.php> Open-Source, ...
[Objectlab, 07 Feb 03] - uses ISMA <http://www.isma.tv/> 's spec for
streaming and MPEG-4 hooks to interface the DRM with the MPEG-4 System. Is
integrated with MPEG4IP <http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpeg4ip> . 
*	This  <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,869870,00.asp> Box
Watches and Learns [PC Magazine, 06 Feb 03] - The Ranger350i from Sequent
Technologies is a rugged surveillance device that streams video back to t
server in MPEG-4 format.
*	DVD player uses  <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7645> wireless
LAN to play video files [the Enquirer, 06 Feb 03] -  Earlier than I
expected, a box that includes support for 802.11 and MPEG-4.
*	Emblaze Semi Samples Multimedia Co-Processor For Handhelds
<http://www.e-insite.net/eb-mag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA275579&
spacedesc=news>  [e-inSITE, 05 Feb 03] - Emblaze's ER4521co-processor
supports MPEG-4, H.263+, JPEG, MP3, AAC, and GSM-AMR compression.
*	Chinese Police Stream Surveillance in MPEG-4
<http://www.streamingmagazine.com/viewentry.asp?ID=250937&PT=Daily+Digest&TI
=dailydigest>  [Streaming Magazine, 05 Feb 03] - Amnis announced deployment
of its MPEG-4 systems in Changzhou
*	Microsoft  <http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983017.html> protecting
rights--or Windows? [CNET News, 03 Feb 03]  and Will Windows Media 9 Catch
On? <http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/20669.html>  [osOpinion.com, 04 Feb
03] - Two interesting opinion articles about competition in codec land.
*	TI,  <http://www.commsdesign.com/news/OEG20030203S0049> STMicro
compete to kick-start mobile data apps [CommsDesign, 03 Feb 03]  and ST
<http://www.eetuk.com/bus/news/OEG20030203S0006> launches 'Nomadik'
multimedia processor for OMAPI terminals [EE Times, 03 Feb 03] - chips for
mobile apps.
M4IF Member Press Releases
*	NeoMagic(R) Announces Genesys GPRS Windows Powered Smartphone
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030213/sfth028_1.html> Ref Design [NeoMagic, 13
Feb 03]
*	MPEG LA to  <http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-02-05_m4.html> Hold
MPEG-4 License Information Meeting at Shilla Seoul on 12 February [MEPG LA,
05 Feb 03]
*	MPEG LA  <http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-02-04_m4s.html> Releases
MPEG-4 Systems Patent Portfolio License [MPEG LA, LLC, 04 Feb 03]
*	STMicroelectronics Unveils First Details of its 'Nomadik' Family
<http://us.st.com/stonline/press/news/year2003/p1276d.htm> of Multimedia ...
[STM, 03 Feb 03]
Other MPEG-4 Press Releases 
*	DMOD  <http://www.dmod.com/news_release?pressRelease=58> Ships
Version 2.5 of DMOD WorkSpaceT Software for Secure Digital ... [DMOD, 11 Feb
03]
*	OpenIPMP Seeks to Break the DRM Stalemate with Release of
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/2/prweb56862.php> Open-Source, ...
[Objectlab, 07 Feb 03]
*	3ivxDelta 4 delivers high quality, optimized MPEG-4 playback,
<http://www.3ivx.com/pr/pr4february2003_HM_D4.html> encoding to Windows, Mac
[3ivx, 04 Feb 03]
*	Telestream  <http://www.telestream.net/news/03_2_3.htm> Announces
FlipFactory Support for PacketVideo MPEG-4 [Telestream, 03 Feb 03]
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