[lca-mm] abstract for lca-mm conf: Dirac

[Anuradha Suraparaju]

Title: Dirac Video Compression System
Author: Anuradha Suraparaju
Company: BBC Research
Length: 25 minutes

Abstract:
The BBC has worked in the field of video compression for more than 50
years. Over the past few years the BBC has developed an open technology
video compression system called Dirac which is comparable with the
latest standards, H264/MPEG-4 AVC, and VC-1. Potential uses of this
codec include Internet distributions such as web-clips, video on demand
and IPTV. Dirac technology may be used for a wide range of applications
from low resolution for mobile phones and the Internet though HDTV and
to ultra-high resolution Digital Cinema. The Dirac technology has been
extended for high quality post production use. It can also be utilised
for desktop production over IP networks, file storage and video editing.
This development, called Dirac Pro, is an extension to the Dirac family
of codecs. This talk will provide an overview of the history and
background of the Dirac Video Compression system, brief description of
the compression technology used, implementations of Dirac in software
and hardware, standardisation efforts and future developments.

Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/index.shtml