(keitai-l) Re: i-motion Mpeg3

CHECK OUT http://www.hantro.com/mpeg4-iexplore.html . HANTRO is a Finland
based "MPEG4" company who claim that their MPEG4 codec solution works with
processor speeds of 10Mhz upwards. I definately have to disagree to the
statement "mobile phones won't be able to display MPEG4 for a long time".
-sam-

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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:33 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-motion Mpeg3


> The standard for streaming may be MPEG4, but for wireless it won't work
for a
> long time.
> First of, MPEG4 needs a sweetspot of 375k bandwidth, and such wireless
Networks
> won't be around for a while.
> And when they finally arrive in spotty service areas, then you still would
not
> be guaranteed a clear signal, because you would be mobile and bouncing in
and
> out of 64k to 375k areas all the time.
> -
> Second, MPEG4 needs a huge processor to render the Video back from the
pipe and
> only PDA's have such a powerful processor. (over 100 to 200 Mhz.)
> So mobile phones (20 to 40Mhz.) won't be able to display MPEG4 for a long
time.
> -
> And who wants to run around with a big, clunky PDA and talk into it?
> -
> Only Samsung especially makes a Phone with a accelerator chip, that is
able to
> "help" the Phone CPU and display some MPEG4 Video.
> -
> But how many people are going to buy only Samsung Phones because of this
functionality?
> -
> So, MPEG4 is a unreasonable bet for wireless.
> -
> The winners in mobile Video are today:
> PV for Video in PDA's
> Emblaze for Video in Samsung Phones
> Hellonetwork for Video in Java powered devices.
> -
> A mix of all these solutions will ultimately be successful for consumers.
> The requirements are too diverse for just -one- company to solve and
deliver.
> Smart companies, such as KDDI, DoCoMo and J-Phone work with all these
providers
> and will build a solution that makes sense.
> -
>
> Christian Morgenstern
> Chief Scientist
> WAP Forum.co.uk
>
>
> ---- Jay <wirelessjava@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The standard for streaming especially wireless
> > streaming will be Mpeg4.   I know some companies that
> > are currently using or trying to use Mpeg4 for
> > streaming to the wireless devices.
> >
> > KDDI works with qualcomm that works with Brew which
> > works with PV
> >
> >
> > ---Jay
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Daniel Isenberg <d_isenberg@triangletech.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Andrea and others:
> > >
> > > 1. Following up on one of Marc's questions (about
> > > English **tech specs** for
> > > FOMA 's streaming service) I could not see any tech
> > > specs on the FOMA site
> > > link you sent, just general descriptions.  Do such
> > > exist? (Japanese is also
> > > okay).
> > >
> > > 2.  Does anyone know about or have a link to the
> > > actual streaming protocols
> > > and formats for the 3G handsets as defined by
> > > DoCoMo, J-Phone, KDDI??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Dan Isenberg, Triangle Technologies
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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