Archive for "Codecs"

VP8 Under Attack

Codecs, Formats, Good Reading Jul 29, 2011

We’ve been following the course of VP8 and WebM since its release last year.  We’ve also been waiting for someone to ask us to encode to WebM.  We encode a few thousand minutes of content every week, so we consider ourselves a bellwether of Codec/Format acceptance.  So far, not one request for WebM.  Now MPEG-LA, who represent the patent pool for H.264 (AVC) has gathered 12 organizations claiming patent infringement by WebM/VP8:

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Blu-ray Encoding

Codecs Dec 12, 2008

Metro Encoding is now geared up for Blu-ray encoding.   Coming from HDCAM we can encode to Blu-ray specifications in MPEG-2, H.264 (AVC) and VC-1.  PCM or Dolby Digital audio is available.