[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 21

[Rob Koenen (M4IF)]

Digest also available online here:
<http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30021.php>
http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30021.php 
 Wednesday 28 May 2024 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 21, 2003
MPEG-4 News Readers,
The collective World Broadcasting Unions last week issued a
<http://www.dvb.org/index.php?id=10&nid=28> press release calling for a
different type of license for MPEG-4 Visual. It wasn't released on an wire
service as far as I can see, and didn't receive much attention.
More MPEG-4 products this week - Sharp released two new Zaurus models and a
1 Megapixel camera/phone; a new MPEG-4 Jukebox that both encodes and decodes
was announced from LYRA (I4U calls it a "must have"); D-Link has a WiFi
product with integrated MPEG-4 encoding for surveillance. Also on the
product front, Sigma Designs announced that its DVD decoder chips with
MPEG-4 Video support are finding their way into many new DVD models.
An interesting question on M4IF's
<http://www.m4if.org/public/publiclistreg.php> Technotes list has resulted
in a list of over 20 software players that understand MPEG-4. Details on the
<http://www.m4if.org/resources.php> resources pages shortly.
M4IF's (annual)  <http://www.m4if.org/meetings/12thMeeting/index.php>
membership meeting is on 26, 27 June in Montreal, Canada. Non-members can
<mailto:Paul.Ritchie   m4if.org?subject=Sample 12th M4IF meeting> contact Paul
Ritchie to sample this meeting.  
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
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Recent News on MPEG-4 ( <http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php> Archive of
MPEG-4 News)
*	 <http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=376> New
LYRA Audio/Video Portable Jukebox [I4U, 23 May 03]
*	 <http://www.streamingmagazine.com/viewentry.asp?ID=265272> D-Link
Home Security Wireless Camera Streams With MPEG-4 Compression.
[streamingmedia, 22 May 03]
*	 <http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=product&id=517> World's 1st
megapixel camera phone [japantoday, 22 May 03]
*	 <http://www.dvb.org/index.php?id=10&nid=28> World Broadcasting
Unions (WBU) united in concerns for MPEG-4 licensing [WBU, 21 May 03]
*	 <http://www.streamingmagazine.com/viewentry.asp?ID=265153> Platform
War Sets Stage For Streaming Seachange [StreamingMagazine, 21 May 03]
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<http://www.pdablast.com/articles/2003/5/2003519-Sharp-Introduces-Two-New.ht
ml> Sharp Introduces Two New Zaurus Models [pdaBlast!, 19 May 03]
*	 <http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030519S0034> MediaQ tackles
mobile [EE Times, 19 May 03]
*	 <http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/24101.html> The new
revolution in digital media hits Dubai [AME Info, 19 May 03]
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Recent Member Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*	 <http://www.sdesigns.com/news/press_releases/030521.htm> Sigma's
DVD Decoder Chips Proliferate into a Widening Range of Advanced DVD Players
[Sigma Designs, 22 May 03]
*	 <http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=62>
Easy-to-Use Dr. DivXT Video Software Enables Anyone to Create High-Quality
Video Files in Seconds [DivXNetworks, 21 May 03]
*	 <http://www.mediaq.com/newsroom/030400.html> MediaQore Framework
Unveiled in Katana Family of Application Processors [MediaQ, 19 May 03]
*	 <http://www.mediaq.com/newsroom/030519.html> MediaQ App Processors:
High-End Multimedia, Long Battery Life on Affordable Handhelds [MediaQ, 19
May 03]
*	 <http://www.equator.com/press/articleInt.php?id=288> Equator,
Partners to Demonstrate Security Market Solutions at IFSEC 2003 [Equator, 19
May 03]
*	 <http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=59> Cheertek
Inc. To Deliver DivX Certified DVD Player Solutions [DivXNetworks, 19 May
03]
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Other Recent Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*	 <http://presslink.dlink.com/releases/2003/pr052103a.htm> D-Link's
Home Security Wireless Internet Cam Delivers Professional Grade ... [D-Link,
21 May 03]
*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030521/ot296_1.html> GridIron XLR8(TM)
first solution to enable commercially viable distributed video encoding ...
[GridIron, 21 May 03]
*
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.051903/2
31395311> Plextor Introduces PC Industry's 1st Digital Video Converter with
Real-Time MPEG-4 ... [Plextor, 19 May 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Full M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Event Calendar)
*	26-27 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/> Annual M4IF meeting,
Montreal, Canada
*	29 May 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/interop/meeting.php>
Interoperability WG Conf Call
*	03 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/board/meeting.php> Board
Conference Call 
*	11 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/publicity/meeting.php>
Marketing WG Conference Call
*	25 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/publicity/meeting.php>
Marketing WG Conference Call
*	20 June 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/toronto-upsem.htm> KNK's
AVC|H.264 Seminar,  Toronto, Canada
*	23-27 June 03 -  <http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/descriptions.html>
Apple WWDC,  San Francisco, US 
*	17 July 03 -
<http://www.macworldexpo.com/macworld2003/V33/conference/session.cvn?eid=216
> MPEG-4 Session at Macworld, San Francisco, CA, USA
*	21-25 July 03 -  <http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/meetings.htm>
56th MPEG meeting, Trondheim, Norway
*	11-22 Aug 03 -  <http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/2003/#PAC>
Audio Coding Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, USA
*	11-16 Sept 03 -   <http://www.ibc.org/> IBC 2003, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
*	30 Sept 03 - MPEG-4 panel at
<http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LAAgenda2003.html> Digital Hollywood, LA,
CA, US
We would like to make the Calendar more global. If you have other MPEG-4
events - wherever they are - please send name, date, place and link to
<mailto:events   m4if.org?subject=Event for M4IF Calendar&body=M4IF Events,>
events   m4if.org
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