For those of you encoding geeks interested in following the evolution of video standards, The Streaming Learning Center is offering a webcast on Tuesday, 4/29 at 2:00 EST. The Streaming Learning Center is a great resource for keeping up with streaming and encoding technologies, tools, and trends. The webinar is entitled HEVC: What it Is, Where it’s At, and Where It’s Going and will discuss a range of topics regarding the deployment and utility of HEVC, considered by many to be the successor to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding). Topics will include:
- How HEVC quality compares to H.264 at a range of resolutions and data rates
- What’s known about the availability of HEVC playback in software and hardware
- What’s known about HEVC royalties
- How HEVC playback compares to H.264 in terms of required CPU and battery life
- Which high-end on-demand and live encoders have announced or deployed HEVC encoding capabilities
- What’s known about how HEVC encoding time compares to H.264
- Known trials and deployments of HEVC
- What’s known about how VP9 compares to HEVC
You can sign up here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1034069
