Is direcTV only doing this on their older mpeg2 streams, or are they also doing it on the new mpeg4 streams? I could understand them doing it on the old satellite (mpeg2), but to do this on their brand new sats streaming the mpeg4 is rediculous since mpeg4 is already using less than 1/2 the bandwidth of an mpeg2 stream. MPEG4(H.264) is definitly the answer to the struggle with bandwidth. Comcast's CEO claims they do not recompress HD footage, that they are streaming exactly what is sent to them from the studio...sometimes I wonder if that's true since it doesn't always look so HD.
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Brian @ Sep 21st 2006 12:53AM
Is direcTV only doing this on their older mpeg2 streams, or are they also doing it on the new mpeg4 streams? I could understand them doing it on the old satellite (mpeg2), but to do this on their brand new sats streaming the mpeg4 is rediculous since mpeg4 is already using less than 1/2 the bandwidth of an mpeg2 stream. MPEG4(H.264) is definitly the answer to the struggle with bandwidth.
Comcast's CEO claims they do not recompress HD footage, that they are streaming exactly what is sent to them from the studio...sometimes I wonder if that's true since it doesn't always look so HD.