[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] DVCPRO50 support

[Roman Shaposhnick]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 11:02:39AM +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote:
> > They do not share parameters (different bitrates, different pixel
> > formats) and in `industry` (ISO, MPEG, SMPTE) that means oftenly
> > different specifications (for DV it IS the case), thats why they do have
> > different names. I agree that systems should be able to detect streams,
> > but embedded Hardware is not designed that way.
> 
> I don't know DV, so forgive me if I've made some incorrect assumption.  I
> was of the impression that all the DV formats were basically the same, with
> minor variations in parameters, similar to MPEG being capable of encoding
> different pixel formats, interlaced/progressive etc.

  For the two flavours of DV we currently support: DV(IEC 61834), DVCPRO25 and 
  an upcoming DVCPRO50 your assumptions are quite correct. For the DVCPRO 100 
  aka DVCPRO HD the CODEC is different.

  If you want to know more: 
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DV

Thanks,
Roman.

P.S. It funny how nowadays I tend to hand WikiPedia links much more frequently
than I used to -- OpenSource approach to knowledge definitely is the best
thing since OpenSource software ;-)