[theora] NHW Project - some update

Raphael Canut
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:50:37 -0000

Hello Dave,

Thank you very much for your help!

Cheers,
Raphael

2018-07-10 9:39 GMT+02:00 Dave Johnson Games <davefilms.us at gmail.com>:

> Let me do some looking.
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 4:55 PM Raphael Canut <nhwcodec at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello Dave!
>>
>> Thank you very much for your answer!
>>
>> You're right.I have thought that the new next-generation codecs
like JVET
>> (MPEG) VVC, AOM AV1, XVC will be too computational-intensive for mobile
>> phones.So the de facto codecs for mobiles devices are H.264 and HEVC, I
>> thought that my codec that is royalty-free and a lot faster could move
the
>> lines, but you're right Apple is "attached" to MPEG and
Google and the
>> others are "attached" to AOM.
>>
>> > Look to Asia
>>
>> I am always very attracted by new opportunities for my NHW Project! But
>> don't you think there will be a problem of compatibility? For
example a
>> brand wants to use the NHW Project in its new mobile phone, but what
will
>> happen if the NHW Project is not supported by web browsers?
>>
>> Anyway, I am very interested to look to Asia, would you have some
advice?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Raphael
>>
>>
>>
>> 2018-07-09 23:33 GMT+02:00 Dave Johnson Games <davefilms.us at
gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I think Apple is somehow "attached" to the MPEG group.
They control the
>>> "pools" too. Your codec sounds great. Google could -- if
they wanted to --
>>> use it but they have Web^M and webP. Look to Asia. Asus has just
launched a
>>> new phone. ??
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 3:14 PM Raphael Canut <nhwcodec at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have advanced on the NHW Project this past month,
but I have
>>>> definitely validated its characteristics and this new version.
>>>>
>>>> The NHW Codec preserves or enhances image neatness and
sharpness, which
>>>> translates that on good quality images the NHW Codec is
globally better
>>>> than HEVC, and on degraded (with blur, artifacts) images it is
worse than
>>>> HEVC because it lacks of precision. I have made tests on 100
images from
>>>> the Internet.
>>>>
>>>> The NHW Project still lacks very high compression, and I think
now I
>>>> will inspire from HEVC, that is to say, I would like to
strongly remove
>>>> details and preserve the contours, edges. It is not that easy
to code, and
>>>> again any help would be very very welcome! Again if you can
provide any
>>>> help to the NHW Project, do not hesitate to show up, would be
so much
>>>> appreciated!!!
>>>>
>>>> The NHW codec has a high speed, which makes it a good candidate
for
>>>> mobile, embedded devices.There are currently some exploration
for a
>>>> MotionJPEG replacement on low power processor (dual-core 240MHz
Xtensa LX6)
>>>> where MotionJPEG appears to be too heavyweight.
>>>>
>>>> With the recent updates, I think the NHW Project is still
patent-free
>>>> and royalty-free. And just the fact that it is royalty-free,
should be
>>>> worth the try.
>>>>
>>>> So with this new version, I hope the NHW Project could attract
a
>>>> company that would like to sponsorize the project (to adapt the
codec to
>>>> any size of image for example).
>>>>
>>>> Very quickly to finish, I have seen that on the Theora mailing
list
>>>> there are employees from big companies.This can be indiscreet
and very
>>>> impolite, but for example there are 2 employees from Apple who
are on the
>>>> Theora channel mailing list... Does Apple can be interested in
such a codec
>>>> as the NHW Project? If not, what does it lack to be of
interest? Would you
>>>> have some advice?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks again!
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Raphael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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