A new video standard is coming soon

15 Aug 12 02:23 by Kerry56 in category Online Video

The Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) met last month to discuss a new standard for video compression and transmission.  This new standard, called High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) will enable compression at close to twice the amount seen in the current H264 format.  This means that you can achieve the same picture quality using only half as much room.

This new standard will  help transmission of videos across the net, taking far less bandwidth than current formats and enabling new video services.  According to Ericsson Research, by 2015, 90% of the traffic on the internet will be video, so this large increase in compression capability is a welcome development.

The new HEVC format could be seen in mobile transmissions as soon as next year, so the development of this new video format is progressing very quickly.   But HEVC will have the same problems with royalties that H264 has now, and those licensing entanglements have slowed adoption of H264 as a universally accepted format.  HEVC may have as many as 500 patents that apply to various parts of the standard.

HEVC will also be able to produce ultra-high definition video, which will be designated 4320p (7680 x 4320).  It is also known as 8K.  Contrast this to current high definition standards, which are commonly 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 720p (1280 x 720).  Of course, we’ll need new televisions and other devices to support this type of video.

You can read about the draft for the new HEVC standard here.

13 Comments on A new video standard is coming soon

jshippy
Posts: 28
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 05:14
Damn, and I was barely finished upgrading my dvds, divx, xvid's & mpg's to HD x264!
CDan
Posts: 3913
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 05:20
"This means that you can achieve the same picture quality using only half as much room."

And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.
Kerry56
Posts: 14419
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 05:27
I don't know CDan. I'll just have to look at it when it arrives and do my own comparisons. But there were good sized jumps in compression when Xvid and Divx arrived, and another large step going to H264.
Kenshin
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Posted on: 15 Aug 12 06:34
That means a 4K successor to DVD will only require about 20 to 30x more space than DVD, 100GB instead of 500GB.
CDan
Posts: 3913
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 18:04
Something like this is really intended for 4k. Application to 1080 and SD content will probably be less successful. In 4k, there's a LOT more un-needed pixels that can safely be removed. But with lesser video, you can't keep removing pixels and expect the same results. It's all lossy compression.
darkalien74
Posts: 21
Posted on: 15 Aug 12 21:29
Talking about 4k. The majority of people are still stucked on SD, even TV transmissions are in SD, only cable providers got some HD channels and they aren't full HD, only 720P.
Wombler
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Posted on: 15 Aug 12 22:49
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Originally Posted by darkalien74 View Post
Talking about 4k. The majority of people are still stucked on SD, even TV transmissions are in SD, only cable providers got some HD channels and they aren't full HD, only 720P.
It depends where you are though.

Here in the UK satellite TV has a very big following and Sky TV ATM has 60 dedicated full HD channels.

They've also added an additional 24 HD channels specifically for the Olympics so any events I've wanted to watch I've been able to see in HD.


Wombler
ChristineBCW
Posts: 1314
Posted on: 16 Aug 12 16:51
Gee - I wonder if this is what Paul & Yoko are waiting for? "We need to wait to release LET IT BE in this NEW format!!"

A year or two ago, Neil Young was insisting HD Audio would be available for his remastered CDs, so I was figuring on nice Christmas presents for hubby - those first three of Neil's, plus ON THE BEACH... maybe STARS & BARS... LONG MAY YOU RUN.

And of course, THE WHITE ALBUM.

I don't think we're waiting until 2031 when one certain album finally turns 64, though.
cholla
Posts: 5365
Posted on: 16 Aug 12 17:25
A little off topic . Although I liked Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young .
I agree with Lynyrd Skynyrd " A Southern men don't need him around anyhow" .
Gradius
Posts: 3
Posted on: 17 Aug 12 18:40
4320p (7680 x 4320) is 8K, *NOT* 4K !
Kerry56
Posts: 14419
Posted on: 17 Aug 12 19:09
Thanks for the correction Gradius. You're correct. Amending the original statement now.
ChristineBCW
Posts: 1314
Posted on: 17 Aug 12 19:36
It's still a 16:9 1.777 standard. Whew. Just when we've almost settled that, I've been seeing all these lovely IPS panels coming out in 16:10 again! Wheee... I think we'll keep buying The White Album for a few more decades.

"No standard is too good to be violated!"
Gradius
Posts: 3
Posted on: 17 Aug 12 19:55
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Originally Posted by Kerry56 View Post
Thanks for the correction Gradius. You're correct. Amending the original statement now.
No problem.

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Originally Posted by ChristineBCW View Post
It's still a 16:9 1.777 standard. Whew. Just when we've almost settled that, I've been seeing all these lovely IPS panels coming out in 16:10 again! Wheee... I think we'll keep buying The White Album for a few more decades.

"No standard is too good to be violated!"
Keep in mind 4K will come first, and there is a 4096x2160 definition on it too (besides 3840x2160).
Tell us, what do you think about

A new video standard is coming soon

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