From rob.koenen m4if.org Sat Mar 15 08:18:22 2003 From: rob.koenen m4if.org (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:45 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest weeks 8-11 In-Reply-To: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59016BF06C@exchange.epr.com> Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D592568A3@exchange.epr.com> MPEG-4 News Readers, It's been too long since the previous news digest, especially since there is so much news. The MPEG meeting and its preparations have kept the schedule pretty full ... The good news form the MPEG meeting, which is about to end in half an hour or so, is that the text of new AVC | H.264 video codec standard is now approved. The same applies to the spectacular "High Efficiency AAC" profile. Meantime, the number of MPEG-4 CE devices is growing by the day. M4IF is happy to welcome Kawasaki Microelectronics as its newest member. Check out the Digital Media Summit, held on 26 and 27 March in LA. M4IF is getting ready for NAB, where we will be present with a booth and, together with SMPTE, will organize the MPEG - Enabling Broadcast and Media Convergence broadcast engineering conference on the afternoon of April 7th. Lastly M4IF will be co-sponsor the Multimedia World reception, together with M4IF member IBM. (For our membership: there is room for one more company at NAB's booth! This is a great opportunity to be part of M4IF's significant NAB presence, which also includes a Press Breakfast.) This year's BroadcastAsia 2003 trade conference, from 17-20 June 2003 in Singapore, will include an MPEG-4 miniconference. Companies that are already on the program are Envivio, iVast, Harmonic and Nextreaming. You can still take part -- we are particularly interested in real world case studies of MPEG-4 in a broadcast context, and will welcome these from members and non-members alike. Contact Martin Jacklin for more information: mailto:martin.jacklin@m4if.org. I have to do the news without comments this time - it's simply too much. It's good to see that the amount of news though. Best Regards, Rob Koenen _____ News on MPEG-4 * Streaming MPEG-4 with Linux [Linux Journal, 13 Mar 03] * Media2Go team gets Creative [CNET News, 13 Mar 03] * Who's song will Apple sing? [SunSpot., 13 Mar 03] * BenQ Sends Video from Your PC to Your TV [PCWorld, 12 Mar 03] * Heinrich Hertz Institute develops 3-D video-conference system [Europemedia, 12 Mar 03] * DVB-X spec to deliver TV on cell phones [EE Times, 12 Mar 03] * Pre-CeBIT Exclusive: Nero Digital MPEG-4 AV-codec, Nero ShowTime! [AfterDawn, 11 Mar 03] * Software makers vie to dominate multimedia's use in mobile devices [The Seattle Times, 10 Mar 03] * TI takes aim at MPEG-4 for digital cameras [ebn online, 10 Mar 03] * Mio 8380 Smartphone Includes Digital Camera [Brighthand, 08 Mar 03] * BenQ to ship iPod-like, movie-playing phone [CNETAsia, 07 Mar 03] * Music Labels Set to Bite the Apple [InternetNews.com, 06 Mar 03] * A Real Hollywood Horror Story [BusinessWeek Online, 06 Mar 03] * Sony Ericsson Unveils Multimedia-enabled Mobile Phone Products [e-inSITE, 05 Mar 03] * TI video processor provides VGA resolution [EE Times, 05 Mar 03] * Apple to introduce Mac-only music service, MPEG-4 AAC support for iPod [PlaybackTime, 04 Mar 03] * Portable Combo Device Does It All [PC World, 04 Mar 03] * ST's Pocket Multimedia platform resurrected as MEDEA+ project [EE Times, 03 Mar 03] * MPEG-4 Tapeless Digital Camcorder introduces with 30 frames/sec, TV quality [Streaming Magazine, 03 Mar 03] * MovieWorks 6.0 adds support for importing MPEG-2, MPEG-4, more [MacCentral, 28 Feb 03] * Digital Camera Makers Try To Stand Out In A Crowded Field [News 14 Carolina, 27 Feb 03] * Toshiba handset brings video messaging to China [PMN, 27 Feb 03] * Cisco Bolsters Content Delivery [eWeek, 26 Feb 03] * Siemens delivers streaming video solution to Westel Mobile [Europemedia, 26 Feb 03] * Neo-Magic unveils chip that uses less power [Business Standard, 26 Feb 03] * European AES Convention Program Set [UE Media, 25 Feb 03] * Audio and Video to Pioneer Multimedia Home Network Market [Streaming Magazine, 24 Feb 03] * RealNetworks and Ericsson Sign Global Agreement for Mobile Media Solutions [EContent, 21 Feb 03] * Intel upgrades Integrated Performance Primitives library [LinuxDevices, 20 Feb 03] * AXELedge expands support for Flash, QT formats [MacCentral, 20 Feb 03] * Hong Kong's CSL and Nokia to provide streaming mobile video services [CMPnetAsia, 20 Feb 03] * More Mobile Media and a Look at iMovie 3 [ConnectedHomeOnline, 19 Feb 03] * Blazing Handhelds - An Interview With Emblaze Semi's [e-inSITE, 19 Feb 03] * A Software-Defined Radio Baseband Processor for Handhelds [e-inSITE, 19 Feb 03] * Apple pushing for MPEG-4 copy protection [MacUser, 19 Feb 03] * Microsoft Rivals Line Up for Mobile Software [internetnews.com, 19 Feb 03] * Real, Ericsson team on mobile media [CNET, 18 Feb 03] * World Wide Web Consortium streaming text specification [Streaming Magazine, 18 Feb 03] * Measures for Patent Pool, Urgently Required [Korea IT News, 18 Feb 03] * First 3G phone from Sony Ericsson [infoSync World, 17 Feb 03] * The AniMatrix: Episode 1 Is Ready For Download (QuickTime Only!) [The Mac Observer, 17 Feb 03] * Samsung, Infineon collaborate on smartphone ref designs [Silicon Strategies, 17 Feb 03] * Interface issues loom for full-featured phones [EETimesUK, 17 Feb 03] * DSP envy is everywhere [EE Times, 17 Feb 03] * Cinema-quality images in the comfort of your home [ITWeb, 17 Feb 03] _____ M4IF Member Press Releases * Nero Digital Set to Become the Next Big Standard in Audio and Video Compression [Ahead Software, 12 Mar 03] * Major News Organizations Use Sorenson Media to Deliver Breaking News from Middle East [Sorenson, 10 Mar 03] * MPEG LA to Hold MPEG-4 License Information Meeting in Amsterdam, 19 March [MPEG LA, LLC, 05 Mar 03] * PacketVideo Mobilemedia Powers Multimedia in Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone [PacketVideo, 05 Mar 03] * Divio NW901 MPEG-4 CODEC Finalist for EDN 2002 Innovation of the Year Awards [Divio, 03 Mar 03] * Divio NW901 Single-Chip MPEG-4 Codec Powers Pretec Solid-State Camcorder [Divio, 28 Feb 03] * dicas unveils mpegable Brodcaster [dicas, 25 Feb 03] * Hungarians Stream GPRS Video [unstrung, 25 Feb 03] * mpegable goes mobile [dicas, 24 Feb 03] * PacketVideo Creates a Stir [ustrung, 19 Feb 03] * Philips Gives Mobile Multimedia a Boost With Its Nexperia(TM) Cellular ... [Philips, 17 Feb 03] * PV Puts Windows on Symbian [unstrung, 17 Feb 03] * Samsung Elec, Infineon In Smart-Phone Devt [Samsung Electronics, 17 Feb 03] * NeoMagic Announces Genesys GPRS Windows Powered Smartphone Ref Design [NeoMagic, 13 Feb 03] _____ Other MPEG-4 Press Releases * Discreet Unveils cleaner XL for Windows--Next Generation Media Mastering and Streaming ... [Discreet, 05 Mar 03] * Multimedia OEMs to Benefit From Single Chip Processor [TI, 03 Mar 03] * World's 1st 2MP DSC & MPEG-4 Tapeless Digital Camcorder with 30fps TV Quality [Pretec, 02 Mar 03] * Alliance Urges Royalty-Free H.264 Video Standard [IMTC, 20 Feb 03] * Teleca to deliver solution for streaming media in 3's mobile network in Sweden [News Online, 20 Feb 03] * ARM and Emuzed Bring Enhanced Multimedia Functionality to Smart Devices [ARM, 19 Feb 03] * InterVideo Introduces Real-Time MPEG-2 Software Encoding for Broadcasting [InterVideo, 18 Feb 03] * VBrick Systems Unveils VBXcast, an Intelligent Video Appliance That ... [VBrick, 17 Feb 03] * DMOD 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 Open-Source, ... [Objectlab, 07 Feb 03] * 3ivxDelta 4 delivers high quality, optimized MPEG-4 playback, encoding to Windows, Mac [3ivx, 04 Feb 03] * Telestream Announces FlipFactory Support for PacketVideo MPEG-4 [Telestream, 03 Feb 03] * Audio and Video to Pioneer Multimedia Home Network Market [In-Stat/MDR, 28 Jan 03] * Navigator Technology Ventures Announces Investment in Sand Video [Navigator Technology, 27 Jan 03] * CAST Releases MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000 IP Cores [CAST, Inc., 27 Jan 03] * Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) Welcomes Four New Members [ISMA, 21 Jan 03] _____ Upcoming events 26-27 Mar 03 - Digital Media Summit, Los Angeles, US 05-10 Apr 03 - NAB 2003, Las Vegas 07 Apr 03 - MPEG-4 (& 7 & 21) Session @ NAB 05-08 May 03 - Streaming Media NY 12-14 May 03 - KNK's MPEG-4 Seminar Series 16 May 03 - AVC(H.264/MPEG-4) by KNK Seminars 19-23 May 03 - Apple World Wide Developer Conference, San Jose 17-20 June 03 - Broadcast Asia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20030315/463c2b1b/attachment.html From schirlin us.ibm.com Tue Mar 18 11:41:35 2003 From: schirlin us.ibm.com (Peter Schirling) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:45 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG Press Release Pattaya Thailand Message-ID: Press Interests, Please find several mime types in the ZIP archive for the text of the MPEG committee's press release for the just completed MPEG meeting in Pattaya Thailand. Please feel free to contact the Convener or myself if you have any questions. (See attached file: w5501.zip) Thank you Pete Schirling Press Release Editor HoD USNB Digital Media Standards IBM Research Division Office: +1 802 769 6123/Mobile: +1 802 238 2036/E-Fax: +1 802 769 7362 Mobile text messaging 8022382036@msg.myvzw.com Internet e-mail: schirlin@us.ibm.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: w5501.zip Type: application/zip Size: 57964 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/news/attachments/20030318/9f126f28/w5501.zip From rob.koenen m4if.org Tue Mar 18 11:34:05 2003 From: rob.koenen m4if.org (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:46 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest weeks 8-11 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59016BF4EB@exchange.epr.com> Tom, All, Does this mean that the MPEG-4 AAC AVC and/or H.264 standards are "mature enough" for everyone to start building hardware and software that is "DVB", "open-standard", compliant? Maybe a little explanation would help. MPEG-4 AAC was already very mature. High Efficiency AAC is also very close to market; early versions are even already deployed. The AVC | H.264 spec has received an enormous amount of scrutiny, which means it is very robust. Bitstreams are being exchanged in the Joint Video Team. Now that the spec is final, M4IF and others will start doing interop testing, a crucial part in attaining true interoperability. Yes, anyone can now start building HW and SW that is open-standards compliant. Many companies have already started. DVB compliance is another issue - it depends on whether DVB will mandate use of these new standards in its specifications. There are good indications that this may happen, as we learned from the recent DVB World event in Dublin. Best, Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20030318/4eae6067/attachment.html From jennifer.kling m4if.org Wed Mar 19 15:34:33 2003 From: jennifer.kling m4if.org (jennifer.kling@m4if.org) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:46 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] WEMP Moves to Europe, Fall 2003 Message-ID: <19083D5F00220C49B9BAE488802A8E910FDA17@iv01.inventures.com> Dear Members, Many of you have attended WEMP over the last few years and have come to look forward to the event taking place every year at the end of June. Plans are in the works for this year's event with many changes and improvements. One of the biggest changes this year? WEMP 2003 will take place in the Fall in Europe! That's right, the M4IF is targeting the event to take place in Fall in Europe! This year, the M4IF is planning a bigger event featuring: * More focus on tutorials from experienced industry experts * Exhibitions of Emerging Technologies * Technical papers from industry specialists Dates and details are being finalized, but once the final location and schedule is final we'll start accepting papers and requests to exhibit. Start making your plans now to exhibit or present at WEMP 2003! If you have any question regarding upcoming events, please feel free to contact me directly! Regards, Jennifer ___________________________________________________ Jennifer D. Kling Events Manager Global Inventures/MPEG-4 Industry Forum 2694 Bishop Drive, Suite 275 San Ramon, CA 94583 USA Tel: +1.925.275.6671 Fax: +1.925.889.2064 Mobile: +1.925.699.9753 www.m4if.org www.inventures.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20030319/e793236c/attachment.html From rob.koenen m4if.org Wed Mar 19 21:38:54 2003 From: rob.koenen m4if.org (Rob Koenen) Date: Wed Jul 23 13:58:46 2003 Subject: [M4IF News] Note on M4IF logo use Message-ID: <3C124172E7FDD511B510000347426D59016BF54F@exchange.epr.com> Dear People, M4IF has recently become aware of, and is currently investigating, several situations in which the M4IF logo has been used without the permission of M4IF. Please be aware that the logo is the property of M4IF and the use of the logo without permission may constitute trademark infringement. This note is to clarify any potential misunderstanding about the usage of the M4IF logo. Use of the logo is only permitted in the following four cases: 1. By M4IF M4IF can use its logo as it sees fit. 2. By M4IF Members Members can use the M4IF logo only on their website and promotional materials to indicate their membership in M4IF. The logo may not be used on products or product-related materials except as in 3. below. Any such use of the logo is subject to the M4IF Logo Guidelines available in the members section of the web site. 3. On Products and on Product-related materials Use of the logo on Products and Product-related materials is not currently permitted. Use on Products and on Product-related materials will only be allowed in accordance with our product logo program. This program is still under development, which means that no product can legally carry a logo today. The product logo program is expected to be finalized soon and use of the logo will be tied to successful completion of interop tests within M4IF. 4. By Affiliates and 3rd parties having received explicit written permission from M4IF This category is for entities that have a specific relation with M4IF: liaisons, forums, trade shows etc., often parties with which M4IF has a contractual relation that permits or requires mutual website linking and logo usage. Any other usage of M4IF's logo is unlawful. Because M4IF's brand and logo are of significant value to the Forum, M4IF will strictly enforce its logo policy and will pursue infringers of its trademarks and intellectual property. If you discover anything that you believe constitutes a misuse of the M4IF logo, please contact me or Paul Ritchie immediately. Please do not post messages about such usage or accusations to this list. If you have any further questions regarding the proper use of the logo, please contact Paul Ritchie. See http://www.m4if.org/contact.php for contact details. Kind Regards, Rob Koenen President, M4IF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20030319/b9cfc2ec/attachment.html