Next-Next Generation Video: Introducing Daala 86
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from a post by Xiph.org's Monty Montgomery:
"Xiph.Org has been working on Daala, a new video codec for some time now, though Opus work had overshadowed it until just recently. With Opus finalized and much of the mop-up work well in hand, Daala development has taken center stage. I've started work on 'demo' pages for Daala, just like I've done demos of other Xiph development projects. Daala aims to be rather different from other video codecs (and it's the first from-scratch design attempt in a while), so the first few demo pages are going to be mostly concerned with what's new and different in Daala. I've finished the first 'demo' page (about Daala's lapped transforms), so if you're interested in video coding technology, go have a look!"
There really aren't any marketing people in OSS (Score:2, Insightful)
Daala? That will play well in test/focus groups - I'm certain of it.
Essential Features.. alpha support, lossless. (Score:5, Insightful)
If you want to have a good solid niche for this (always helps) then.
1 - support a reasonably efficient lossless mode (several others have this, but it is alsways useful)
2 - support ALPHA channels (32bit, RGBA, YUVA) - this is not trivial but very worthwhile, basically ZERO of the modern codec support this.
alpha channels are a requirement for many composition/editing/video production workflows, and yet the supporting codecs are old, clunky,
and painful to use.
good alpha channel support is not trivial, but is usually not major also.
For extra points support lossless on alpha, and lossy on the other channels, that is a VERY good option for many workflows.
Gives alpha and lossless, you are pretty much guaranteed professional users.
Another day, another codec. (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm sure its a worthy project and no doubt based on very solid maths and engineering. However I'm also sure it'll be forgotten about this time next week. There are too many codecs fighting it out already - yet another one is just a bit more noise in the background. Sorry, but thats just the way it is.
Re:There really aren't any marketing people in OSS (Score:2, Insightful)
Compared to... x.264?