On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:55:43 -0500 Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Chris Smart <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > However the website (and BBC site) say that it can employ lossless compression: > > "Dirac has the capability of compressing high resolution files for > > production, compression for broadcast content, and compression for web > > 2.0 applications. Compression can be either lossless or visually > > lossless." > > "http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/uses.shtml"; > > Excuse me for being so down to earth, but I don't believe that, to > deliver content on the Web, a lossless codec is essential. If I'm > right Ogg Theora could have been proposed to state TVs years ago. Theora is not lossless. The BBC code is intended for lots of things - such as *production* where you don't want loss. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
