Xann Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 This new codec promises to be a game changer for IP broadcast... ... Perseus is more efficient than industry-standard codecs, claiming that testing shows compression gains of two to three times compared to H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC and JPEG2000 and substantially less power use compared to H.264 and H.265. So... "With Perseus, we are able to [offer] UHD quality at HD bitrates, HD at SD bitrates, and SD video at audio bitrates," said V-Nova CEO and founder Guido Meardi in a prepared statement. "Perseus makes 4K commercially viable at scale, enables HD over 3G/4G mobile networks and makes video available to millions who do not yet have it." Internet broadcasters were umming and ahing about the next step for broadcast technology, there are 4, 6 and 8K cameras now, the bottleneck was occurring at the data transfer stage. If Perseus delivers it goes some way to at least making 4k viable - moody streams will likely look a good deal less moody too. At current specs, the net as a whole should work faster as more bandwidth is freed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted April 30, 2015 Administrator Share Posted April 30, 2015 Is it propriety? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 V-Nova says its proprietary codec called PERSEUS will be licensed in the same way that standards-based codecs are currently licensed, with existing encoder providers as well as SoC providers having access to the technology. Clicky It's the some of the same team that came up with JPEG and MPEG - V-Nova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 So the same licence as H.264 etc then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 If they follow precedent? Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted May 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 2, 2015 Almost certainly snake oil. One of the things an undergraduate course in theoretical CS will give you is an instinct to put startups touting order-of-magnitude improvements in data compression in the same category as cold fusion scammers. Still, if they scammed a few million off VCs and Murdoch, power to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 2, 2015 Administrator Share Posted May 2, 2015 Actually, isn't it the plot line from "Silicon Valley"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 There's a split on this atm. Our R&D head honcho is skeptical, he things they're fishing for further funding. The technical production head is slightly more optimistic. He does know the Tata people. One of the companies V-Nova are working with is Tata. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Up and running at the International Broadcast Convention at the weekend. Sky Italia have been using it internally with Hitachi hardware for a few months now. Looks like it could be a goer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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