There appears to be no end in sight to the development of new formats for storing digital video information. Whilst the media production community is just coming to terms with the recent release of both HEVC/H.265 (“High Efficiency Video Coding”) and VP9, even more video codec formats are under development by MPEG and the open source community.
What does this mean for archiving and retrieving digital media? How can you define a protocol for acquiring content, when the formats for representing and storing video continue to develop and change? Is your current protocol already obsolete?
This tutorial will discuss the latest developments in video compression formats, including:
- Legacy standards such as H.264/AVC
- Recent formats including H.265/HEVC and VP9
- Emerging codec initiatives such as Future Video Coding and the Alliance for Open Media.
Attendees will learn about:
- The impact of changing access and viewing behaviour, including 4K/Ultra HD content and streaming to multiple platforms
- Codecs and containers
- The difference between lossless and visually lossless coding
- The challenges of future-proofing digital video content.
About the author:
Professor Iain Richardson is the author of four books on video compression standards. An internationally known expert on video formats, he advises companies and institutions worldwide on digital media coding and delivery.