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Old 17th September 2019, 10:13   #157  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Speaking of future, Tokyo 2020 Olympics are gonna be in 8K and we're talking about summer 2020. Do you think that the encoder will be at a much more developed state at that point and it's actually gonna be used to encode and distribute live feeds or do you think that it's still way too early and everything it's gonna be done in HEVC as rumours suggest?
I'm at the MC-IF meeting in Amsterdam at this very moment.

The current target completion date for the VVC spec is July 2020. There is no WAY it is going to be used in that summer's Olympics! HEVC transport is becoming common, particularly for 4K. We likely could see some VVC used for the 2024 summer Olympics. Even the 2022 Winter Olympics might be too soon for any mission critical applications.

We generally see new codecs used in IP services and VOD first. Breaking the Olympics for 10 minutes is about the highest-risk thing in the TV industry; people will start small.
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