New H.265 video codec is tailored for mobile phones
By Paul Briggs at 08/16/2012
The current state of the art video codec is H.264, used from Blu-ray, to video cameras, to web and mobile web streaming. Now the organization that makes these codecs, MPEG — The Motion Picture Experts Group — have drafted the H.265 codec which is tailored for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. The new codec can offer twice the compression compared to the current H.264, meaning that files will be half the size while still retaining the same quality. This could lead to much faster web streams for stuff like Netflix and even web TV over 4G LTE.
The new codec is expected to be put in use as early as 2013 on mobile devices, and a year later on all other devices. We can imagine camera makers making good use of this new codec, as it means they’ll be able to fit twice as much video content while keeping the same flash storage space. Imagine being able to shoot twice as much 1080p video on your iPhone 4S — that should be possible with H.265. MPEG is also working on another codec that’ll support glasses free 3D, a project which should be available in 2014
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