Re:Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to ...
by ksec on Monday July 16, 2018 @07:52AM
(#17540525)
>The problem with H.265 is the IP situation is a mess.
I really wish the next gen codec, H.266 VVC could sort this royalty mess out before hand.
Why cant we keep things simple. USD $1 Per devices Royalty on Hardware encode and decode, that is roughly $3B + Royalty every year for the next 20 years.
Software Implementation should be free. So an H.266, VVC based image and video decoder could be immediately rolled out to all PC, and browser vendor could support it.
One of the problem with current MPEG codec is that they are too worry about free software implementation take over their royalty. Well we don't have huge increase in IPC anymore. We have a roadmap from TSMC that shows us the next 10 years of leading edge transistor is going to be more expensive then ever. We don't have any breakthrough / theory on hand they we could make those a lot cheaper. The days of Moore's Law are long gone.
This allow hardware maker to sell "faster" video and picture decoding. Consumers are a lot easier to spend money on physical object, then paying $x for faster software. Once they felt how slow their images and video were, it give them an incentive to upgrade, PC, Tablet, Phone etc.
I really wish the next gen codec, H.266 VVC could sort this royalty mess out before hand.
Why cant we keep things simple. USD $1 Per devices Royalty on Hardware encode and decode, that is roughly $3B + Royalty every year for the next 20 years.
Software Implementation should be free. So an H.266, VVC based image and video decoder could be immediately rolled out to all PC, and browser vendor could support it.
One of the problem with current MPEG codec is that they are too worry about free software implementation take over their royalty. Well we don't have huge increase in IPC anymore. We have a roadmap from TSMC that shows us the next 10 years of leading edge transistor is going to be more expensive then ever. We don't have any breakthrough / theory on hand they we could make those a lot cheaper. The days of Moore's Law are long gone.
This allow hardware maker to sell "faster" video and picture decoding. Consumers are a lot easier to spend money on physical object, then paying $x for faster software. Once they felt how slow their images and video were, it give them an incentive to upgrade, PC, Tablet, Phone etc.