Re: Need video clarification please
Since VUDU does there own encoding at one end and then decoding at the box, it's conceivable that they could create and use their own compression codec. After all they use to be called something... something... "Labs".
But it's definitely much easier to obtain and use something that is already there for convience sake and time to market issues. For example, I could have written my own TCP stack or my own HTTPS Server, if I wanted to take the time to. But it was much easier just to use someone else's code.
But taking the easy way doesn't necessarily mean it's technically the best way. The're probably are lot's of considerations to take into account both business wise and technical in order to decide what is the best thing to do.
Feel free to correct me, but right now the way I see it is that in order to get more bits in my bucket, the compression routine needs to be improved to maintain a certain bandwidth limit, or more bits need to be sent with a higher bandwidth limit requirement. Most people seem to think that only the latter is possible.
I believe over time, both of those things will happen. The question is, who's going to do it and who's going to get rich from doing it???
I retired at 48 (it took me 8 years longer than I planned), but I wasn't able to do it because I'm some sort of rocket scientist. I was able to do it by seeing and taking advantage of situations around me. Oh, and I actually had to work hard too.
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Originally posted by aaronwt
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But it's definitely much easier to obtain and use something that is already there for convience sake and time to market issues. For example, I could have written my own TCP stack or my own HTTPS Server, if I wanted to take the time to. But it was much easier just to use someone else's code.
But taking the easy way doesn't necessarily mean it's technically the best way. The're probably are lot's of considerations to take into account both business wise and technical in order to decide what is the best thing to do.
Feel free to correct me, but right now the way I see it is that in order to get more bits in my bucket, the compression routine needs to be improved to maintain a certain bandwidth limit, or more bits need to be sent with a higher bandwidth limit requirement. Most people seem to think that only the latter is possible.
I believe over time, both of those things will happen. The question is, who's going to do it and who's going to get rich from doing it???
I retired at 48 (it took me 8 years longer than I planned), but I wasn't able to do it because I'm some sort of rocket scientist. I was able to do it by seeing and taking advantage of situations around me. Oh, and I actually had to work hard too.

Regards
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