James Fee
09-17-2004, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Sep/1071837.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Sep/1071837.htm</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>Optimised Nero Digital(TM) DSP hardware, VHDL core, Nero Digital(TM) Mobile, DRM base band decoder, and enhanced MPEG-4 H264/AVC and PS/HE/AAC Nero Recode and Nero ShowTime, all to be presented at IBC. Ahead Software, leaders in digital media technology, will exhibit a formidable line-up of Nero Digital(TM) technologies all taking advantage of an unrivalled quality and performance breakthrough currently changing the face of video and audio compression. Centred around MPEG-4, Nero Digital(TM) is the World's only complete codec solution embracing MPEG-4 video, and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), LC and HE (High Efficiency) with Parametric Stereo extensions. In fact, in recent 32kbps blind listening tests conducted by the respected Hydrogen Audio community, Nero Digital(TM) audio came out on top surpassing established codec's such as mp3PRO, WMA, Real, and Vorbis.</i>"<br /><br />This is good news. I was just sitting around the other day thinking to myself, "You know what the world needs? A new MPEG-4 codec." :roll:<br /><br />I can't imagine who will actually use this thing. Apple sure won't, Real has their own. Who else uses MPEG-4 or AAC? Sure there is mention of Pocket PC or Smartphones, but using anything other than WMV/WMA is really a pain in the rear. This "article" seems to be written in a way to make a codec with no future, look like it has one.<br /><br />Well one thing for sure, if I am ever encoding audio at 33 kbps, I know what codec I am going to use. <br /><br /> :drinking: