Beck:
Gameboy Variations (Hell Yes EP) Apr 20,
2005
Then again, this is also the Gameboy Variations, and
"Bit Rate Variations in B-Flat (Girl Remix)" probably couldn't
sound much less like a broken 1992 videogame of a small boy
bouncing over mountains from the back of a kangaroo, or maybe a
jumping dinosaur. Actually, I'd say a trampoline describes this
song perfectly. (Yale Herald, CT)
Sonic
Introduces Mastering-Quality H.264/AVC High Definition Encoding
for Next Generation Disc Formats Apr 19,
2005
Bit rate-controlled CBR/VBR and
quantization-controlled VBR encoding modes. Precise segment-based
re-encoding for ultimate control of bit rate and quality. (Yahoo
Finance -- Computer Networks)
Panasonic
Unveils World's First Hand-Held Solid-State Memory High Definition
Camcorder Apr 19, 2005
"Television
viewers have been promised that high definition will deliver
beautiful, widescreen image and audio quality into their homes. To
deliver on this promise, professional video users need to shoot
with a cost-effective HD camcorder that is not bit rate starved or
suffering from motion artifacts," said John Baisley, President,
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company. "The
AG-HVX200 is the revolutionary HD camera users have been dreaming
about, and have also come to expect from... (Yahoo Finance --
Audio & Video Equipment)
Philips
and Xilinx Deliver World's First Low-Cost Programmable PCI Express
Solution Apr 11, 2005
This robust
solution includes the Philips PCI Express PHY that delivers the
SERDES serializer / deserializer and the Physical Coding Sub-Layer
(PCS) and offers excellent bit rate performance. The Philips PHY
consumes little power and features a small form factor that makes
it ideal for ExpressCard applications. (Yahoo Finance --
Conglomerates)
Capture,
edit and burn Nov 20, 2003
Catchy names
notwithstanding, to produce actual DVDs, all of those products
require separately sold DVD burners. The next step is to
understand bit rates, that is, how video quality is measured (ABS
CBN News, Philippines)
JVC
adds DTS to D-VHS format Nov 25, 2003
The
D-VHS D-Theater platform incorporates a proprietary encryption
system to prevent the unauthorized duplication of high value
content. While Dolby Digital sound encoded at 576kbps (bit rate
surpassing that available from the (Designtechnica, United States)
Managing
Traffic in Access Box Designs: Part 2 Dec 2,
2003
...com Embedded Edge Magazine Elektronik i Norden
Planet Analog Silicon Strategies The Work Circuit Wireless
Solutions Magazine. For packets, this packet-per-second limit
leads to a variable effective bit rate (EE Times UK, UK)
Linux
tutorial with Jarrod Spiga Dec 7,
2003
Jarrod Spiga demonstrates the notoriously difficult
process of converting DVDs to DivX videos under Linux. The
compilation process detects the gdk-pixbuf package and integrates
it with the toolkit (Australian Personal Computer, Australia)
SiS, VIA
to sample PCI Express chipsets next month Dec 9,
2003
The VIA PT890 is a Pentium 4 part, running an 800MHz
effective bit rate frontside bus and supporting dual-channel
400MHz DDR SDRAM and DDR 2 memory, according to a DigiTimes
report. SiS' SiS656 is likely to have a similar specification (The
Register, UK)
Telus
hails Moontaxi Dec 12, 2003
Moontaxi
Media Inc., which operates the legal download music service
Puretracks, has signed a deal to deliver music to subscribers of
Telus's Internet service. The music will be recorded at a bit rate
of 196 Kbps (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
Down
to size Dec 12, 2003
Because audio data
is lost when you compress an audio track to the MP3 format, you
must choose a compression rate that suits. These vary from mono
8kbps (kilobits per second), which is telephone quality sound, up
to stereo 128kbps, which offers near CD-quality sound (Sydney
Morning Herald, Australia)
MciRecorder
Grabs Internet Webcasts And Soundcard Audio Dec
16, 2003
2003 Radio ReviewChristmas SpecialWebcasted
RadioListen By FormatRadio Music ChartsWebcast PicksStreaming
SoftwareTurntables DJ Mixing SoftwareLatest Radio NewsRadio
DirectoriesSyndicated ShowsRadio ProfilesSatellite RadioPirate
RadioPublic RadioThe Virtual DJVintage Air ChecksJingle
CollectingRadio HistoryToday in HistoryOld Time RadioRadio
SchoolsFun Radio ThingsRadio ScreensaversRadio PublicationsRadio
"How To"Amateur/Short WaveWeather RadioArmed Forces Radio. You can
record files and... (Radio.About.com)
The
Moving Picture: The Problem with Streaming Dec
16, 2003
To "stream" video, or deliver it on demand without
interruption, you must compress it to low data rates that squeeze
much of the quality out of the video. In contrast, all streaming
video???whether from Apple (QuickTime), Microsoft (Windows Media),
or RealNetworks (Real)???looks great when encoded at sufficiently
high bit rates (EMediaLive.com, United States)
Review:
iRock! 530 128 MB MP3 Player Dec 20,
2003
The SMC slot doesn??t have a cover and you can see a
bit of the circuit board when you peek in, shouldn??t be a factor
unless you drop this thing in water, so keep it dry. The software
did lack the ability to change the bit rate of the music on the
fly like we have seen in other software packages but I don??t
really consider that a drawback (Mobilemag.com)
Dirty
Girlz 2 Dec 21, 2003
By bit rate counter
on my DVD player told me that the average rate hung around 5. 4
Mbps, which isn?t that low but perhaps a bit lower compression
rate may help lessen the grain in the future (DVD Talk, OR)
News
: Get Ready for 802.11 n Wireless Networking Dec
25, 2003
11n is designed to increase WLAN speeds to at
least 100M bps for data and actual throughput rates. 11n focuses
on throughput at the MAC (media access control) interface, rather
than as a signaling bit rate in the physical layer (Overclockers
Club, United States)
New
Real Player To Play iTunes Downloads ; Set To Cause
... Jan 7, 2004
The new RealPlayer 10 for
Windows will use a new Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) technology
wrapped in its own Helix digital rights management technology to
compress files at what Real says will be the highest bit rate in
the industry. Ryc Brownrig, General Manager of product management
and business development for Real Networks would not elaborate on
how the company is playing iTunes files through RealPlayer 10 (The
Mac Observer)
Multimedia/Internet
News Jan 7, 2004
"The fact that multiple
manufacturers have selected our chipsets demonstrates confidence
in our technology and its appeal to major consumer electronics
manufacturers," said Sally Daub, CEO and president of ViXS
Systems. Demonstration highlights at ViXS' booth include: --
WIRELESS HDTV -- Illustrates wirelessly streaming of two
simultaneous high-definition (HD) video streams to plasma displays
from a single media center (PRNewswire (press release)
Toshiba
and ViXS Agree to Develop Wireless PVR
Products Jan 7, 2004
Multiple Analog and
Digital Video Content Streams to Be Wirelessly Received,
Distributed and Stored With the Toshiba TX4938 Reference Design
Product to be Demonstrated at the Toshiba Home Entertainment
Gateway Gallery At CES Booth # 21749 LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7
/PRNewswire/ -- ViXS Systems (Booth #23274), the leading developer
of video networking chipsets and software, announced today it is
closely working with Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
(TAEC) to develop a cost-effective... (press release)
Intel
finally launches Prescott Feb 2, 2004
All
but one of the seven processors support an 800MHz effective bit
rate frontside bus. The EE release has 2MB of L2 cache; the 3.
(Google News Australia -- Technology)
4
Gbit Fibre Channel Adoption: What to Expect Feb
11, 2004
The FC bit rate isn't the bottleneck limiting the
performance of their systems. It won't improve service levels if
all it does is flood the server host bus faster than the processor
can handle the data. (Internet.com)
Activision
TV Games Feb 13, 2004
All told the screen
shows track number, play/stop, play/repeat/shuffle mode, battery
life, folder name, band name, track name, elapsed time, song
progress bar, sound levels, format, sampling frequency, bit rate,
and EQ. The information is organized very cleanly and the LCD is
generally excellent. Even the shade of blue is nice. (IGN Gear)
MON
Feb 23, 04, 12:12 PM Feb 23, 2004
ARRIS
began selling the Cornerstone Constant Bit Rate (CBR) Voice Ports
in 1996 and has been the worldwide leader in the marketplace ever
since. There are currently over 5,000 ARRIS Host Digital Terminals
(HDTs) deployed worldwide with capacity for approximately 18
million lines of cable telephony. (PR Newswire)
Gaming
Life in Japan Mar 18, 2004
This feature
allows you to change the bit rate in songs you are transferring to
your iPod without changing the bit rate of the original files ...
S you can see in the AudioMorph screenshot, you can control the
parameters for the "new" bit rates, as well as change them into
VBR files. (IGN Gear)
FULL
STORY... Mar 20, 2004
"The future will
bring parametric methods that simplify audio or video signals to
their basic elements . . . and reassemble them when saving or
transmitting the data. That means that you can achieve
high-quality signals while using an extremely low bit rate.". The
new MPEG video codec AVC is an example of the technique. (EETimes)
Tektronix'
Leading MPEG Test System First to Support Next-Generation
Compression Technologies Apr 20,
2004
H.264, developed by ITU-T, and WMV9 are
next-generation video compression technologies that support low
bit rate, high quality compressed video. Microsoft submitted the
compression technology used in the WMV9 codec to the Society of
Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) C24 Technical
Committee for consideration as an openly available international
standard last September. (Yahoo Finance -- Electronic Instruments
& Controls)
General
Bandwidth Unveils New VoIP Software for Cable Telephony
... May 3, 2004
In addition to supporting
CMS interoperability, the G6 platform supports signaling (IPSec)
and bearer traffic (AES) security, MO and MF trunks for Enhanced
911 and Operator Services, and new low bit rate codecs (G.729).
"The race is clearly on to offer VoIP services that provide the
reliability and quality of service of the traditional PSTN
network. Existing deployments often rely on enterprise class
gateways that neither support these objectives nor support the
full suite of security and E911... (Business Wire)
Expect
4G by 2012, says Ericsson research chief May 10,
2004
"Mobile telephony adds a few milliseconds of latency
to give the system time to think. However, IP interprets high
latency as an indicator of trouble and reacts by reducing the bit
rate. This needs to be solved," Wahlberg said. Anders Lotsson
writes for Computer Sweden. (ComputerWeekly.com, UK)
ish
Deploys BigBand Networks' BMR to Route and Process Live
... May 11, 2004
The BigBand BMR's
high-performance media processing further enhances bandwidth
efficiency through selective application of BigBand Networks'
RateShaping(R) video bit rate adaptation to some or all programs
on an as-needed basis. High input capacity on the carrier class
BMR chassis enhances operator flexibility in creating line-ups
from many satellite-based, off-air and local digitally encoded
programming sources. (Business Wire)
Coming
to DVD: 'Passion of Christ' May 16,
2004
The DVD is being presented with a maximum bit rate, 5.
1 Dolby Digital and 5. (Monterey County Herald, CA)
iRiver
H140 (Gear) : Find out what the deal is with iRiver's new 40GB
... May 19, 2004
Battery life runs around
16 hours, depending on volume, bit rate, backlight, etc. The
features are pretty much identical to the 20GB version, even down
to details such as the headphone amp and file system. (IGN PS2)
Comment: Codec
frees video telephony May 22, 2004
The
performance of the new H.264 codec is remarkable; it only needs
about half the bit rate of the previous best codecs, H.263 and
MPEG4, and about a quarter of that needed by MPEG2, which is used
in digital TV. ... The video bit rate was about 20kbit/s, which
can be handled by either GPRS or HSCSD mobile data technology.
(VNUNet.com, UK)
BigBand
Networks Provides Cable Operators with Solution to Meet
... Jun 7, 2004
-- RateShaping(R) bit
rate adaptation to maximize bandwidth efficiency while maintaining
the highest video quality. -- Automated cable plant adaptation to
real-time changes by broadcasters in digital spectrum usage; and.
(Business Wire, CA)
TUE
Jun 8, 04, 12:01 AM Jun 8, 2004
1
channels of discrete digital surround sound at bit rates as low as
128 kbps, and supports 24-bit resolution and 96 kHz sample rates
to deliver better-than-CD quality sound * Windows Media Video 9
(including VC-9), which delivers high video quality at all bit
rates and even supports high-definition video, with up to six
times the resolution of DVD-video, at approximately one-third the
bit rate of MPEG-2 "Our agreement with Microsoft is a key step
toward bringing high-quality digital media to... (PR Newswire)
Agreements
Enable Development of New Class of Integrated
Circuits Jun 8, 2004
1 channels of
discrete digital surround sound at bit rates as low as 128 kbps,
and supports 24-bit resolution and 96 kHz sample rates to deliver
better-than-CD quality soundWindows Media Video 9 (including
VC-9), which delivers high video quality at all bit rates and even
supports high-definition video, with up to six times the
resolution of DVD-video, at approximately one-third the bit rate
of MPEG-2. "Our agreement with Microsoft is a key step toward
bringing high-quality digital media to... (Streaming Media)
Telecom
unveils bitstream service for providers Jun 10,
2004
The ATM data backhaul to the provider's network will
be comparatively cheap but "uncommitted bit rate" only, without
any per-customer bandwidth provision specified. However, the
document says "access seekers are able to purchase Telecom's other
data services or competing services". (Computerworld New Zealand,
New Zealand)
World
record data speed on T-Mobile Hungary's GSM EDGE network supplied
by Ericsson Jul 6, 2004
A peak over the
air bit rate of 235. 6 kbit/s was measured during download of data
files using the file transfer protocol FTP in combination with
EDGE. The related measurements of large files averaged 213. (Yahoo
Finance -- Communications Equipment)
Apple
says Sony lied about Ipod Jul 8, 2004
But
if music quality was important you could have a bit rate
compression that is slightly better than the iPod and store 5,000
songs. If you want double the quality of the iPod, the Sony device
can hold 2,500. (Google News -- Top Stories)
NewsFactor
Network Jul 9, 2004
Apple argues that in
a true comparison with the 20-GB iPod, based on the same
compression bit rate, the Network Walkman would be able to store
only 4,800 songs. Sony's ATRAC system compresses songs at the
relatively low rate of 48 Kbps, while Apple's measurement is based
on the AAC compression system at 128 Kbps. (Google News UK --
Technology)
'Audio
tech king' Creative all set to extend its
reign Jul 20, 2004
As part of that core,
Mr Sim unveiled Creative's newest Zen Touch portable audio player
with the world's longest battery life - 24 hours or 32 hours,
depending on the bit rate of the music download. The $499 gadget
will debut commercially this month and comes with a 20 GB
(gigabyte) hard disk that can store up to 10,000 MP3 songs at 'the
world's highest 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio', he said. (Business
Times, Singapore)
[external]
NEWS: In This Corner, The iPod Jul 22,
2004
In the coming months, as the music-player wars heat
up, expect to hear a lot of marketing spin about compression and
bit rates ... The industry uses a standard compression measure
called bit rate; the lower it is, the smaller the music file and
the more you can squeeze onto a PC or music player ... The
downside of that, however, is that a lower bit rate generally
means lower sound quality. (Yahoo Finance -- Audio & Video
Equipment)
Nokia
bags $30m Hong Kong new-tech deal Aug 25,
2004
EDGE is a GSM radio technology that supports higher
bit rate data services, such as video streaming, while PoC is an
easy form of instant communication for groups. (Nokia says it is
supplying the equipment for 16 of 33 EDGE networks that are up and
running, and has been trying to push the technology by releasing
more handsets that support creating and emailing videos.
(Xinhuanet, China -- Business)
Full Article Sep
2, 2004
The songs will be encoded in the Windows Media
format at a higher bit rate than Apple's standard format for
iTunes, resulting in better sound quality, Mehdi added. Microsoft,
based in Redmond, Washington, had been working to be the first to
offer Beatles songs for download for the debut of MSN Music.
(Reuters -- Internet)
Microsoft
launches iTunes rival Sep 2, 2004
Yusuf
Mehdi said this was because songs on MSN Music were encoded at a
higher bit rate than Apple's standard format for iTunes, which
meant better sound quality. "[We are] offering what we believe is
the largest and highest quality catalogue of legal music on the
internet, available on the broadest selection of portable
devices," he said. (BBC News -- Americas)
Rivals
Say Microsoft Online Music Store Falls Short Sep
3, 2004
Microsoft is also touting that its songs will be
encoded in the Windows Media format at a higher bit rate than
Apple's standard format for iTunes, resulting in better sound
quality. Both offer songs at 99 cents each, although Microsoft is
also offering some longer-playing songs above that price, a
practice that record companies had been trying to implement.
(Reuters -- Internet)
Sony's
Cyber-shot M1 Camera Extends the Memory to More Than Just an
Instant in Time Sep 9, 2004
Employing a
reduced bit rate (from 11Mpbs to 2. 5 Mpbs), MPEGMovie 4TV mode
enables the recording of up to 27 minutes of VGA-resolution,
30-frames-per-second video with stereo sound on an optional 512 MB
Memory Stick PRO Duo(TM) media card, or up to 54 minutes with the
optional 1GB card, available soon. (Yahoo Finance -- Audio &
Video Equipment)
Microsoft
Sings a New Tune With Windows Media Player
10 Sep 12, 2004
Windows Media Player 10
offers only four levels of MP3 sound quality and omits the
"variable bit rate" encoding used by other programs to balance
sound quality and file size. Windows Media Player 10's CD-ripping
options also benefit from the elimination of an even more irksome
trait of old versions -- a default setting that caused any tracks
ripped from CD to be locked to your hard drive. (Yahoo News --
Technology)
Technology
branches out for future networks Sep 27,
2004
HSDPA promises benefits such as higher capacity, wider
coverage and a higher bit rate -- benefits eagerly sought by
operators. A higher capacity, for example, will allow them to
serve more subscribers. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
MSN
Music Falls Just Short of iTunes' High Marks Oct
10, 2004
Your purchases arrive as Windows Media Audio
files, produced at a slightly higher quality level than other
stores -- a "variable bit rate" encoding of around 160 kilobits
per second that should capture more detail in a song's more
complex passages. The difference in quality was obvious in
listening to two versions of Parliament's funk classic "Chocolate
City"; an MP3 downloaded off a file-sharing system obscured an
entire layer of background percussion that MSN's version had
preserved. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
[external]
Microsoft launches MSN Music online store Oct
13, 2004
Purchases arrive as Windows Media Audio files,
produced at a slightly higher quality level than other stores -- a
"variable bit rate" encoding of around 160 kilobits per second
that should capture more detail in a song's more complex passages.
Such features have resulted in MSN Music emerging quickly as
iTunes' top competitor, industry watchers say. (Yahoo Finance --
Computer Hardware)
AOL
Upgrades Multimedia Search Site Dec 2,
2004
Singingfish search results are based on ranking and
relevancy, and list the length of a particular file, its format
and bit rate, and the source. New features include the ability to
save and share search terms, a filter to exclude content from
minors, the ability to search by a keyword and by either audio or
video files only, or both. (Google News -- Sci/Tech)
Singingfish
Floats New Multimedia Search Dec 2,
2004
They list the length of a particular file, its format
and bit rate, and the source for the media, using metadata
provided by the stream's host. That same metadata is used by the
company to build its index, created by a mix of human interaction
and automated processing. (Google News -- Sci/Tech)
E-Commerce
Times Dec 2, 2004
Search results, which
are based on ranking and relevancy, also list the length of a
particular file, its format and bit rate, and the source for the
media. An "I'm Bored" button directs users to sites where they can
explore a number of quirky and unusual video clips designed to
entertain and amuse; and an "Explore Area" lets users check out
the most popular searches of all-time, recent top searches and
staff favorites. (Google News -- Sci/Tech)
MacNewsWorld Dec
7, 2004
Photos look all right on the screen (remember, this
is a cheapo device) and music sounds OK considering the Juice Box
doesn't play MP3s with a bit rate higher than a modest 128
kilobits per second. The slot also takes a series of Juiceware
video cartridges, each containing as much as 176 minutes of
programming from Mattel media partners such as the Cartoon Network
and the Learning Channel. (Google News UK -- Technology)
Sony
combines digital camera, camcorder Dec 16,
2004
Employing a reduced bit rate (from 11Mpbs to 2. 5
Mpbs), MPEGMovie 4TV mode enables the recording of up to 22
minutes of VGA-resolution, 30-frames-per-second video with stereo
sound on an optional 512 MB Memory Stick PRO Duo media card, or up
to 44 minutes with the optional 1GB (gigabyte) card, available
soon. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Thomson's
Film Grain Technology Approved as Low Cost Compression Format for
HD DVD Video Markets Dec 21, 2004
This
enables low bit rate transfers and limited storage capacity for HD
videos while preserving the creator's touch. Thomson will present
a demonstration of Film Grain at the CES trade show to be held in
Las Vegas from January 6th-9th 2005. (Yahoo Finance -- Audio &
Video Equipment)
Daytek
DVR-P30 Sep 11, 2004
Once you tell the
unit whether you're watching regular cable or satellite, you can
scan for channels with the built-in tuner and choose a number of
settings for watching and recording DVDs including what bit rate
you want the audio encoded at when you record, whether you want an
HDTV aspect ratio (16:9) and so on. For the video recording part,
Daytek provides four options, similar to the ones many VCRs offer:
high quality, which gives you one hour on a DVD; standard, which
puts two hours on a... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
YAHOO!
DVD Player Boasts High-Tech Versatility Dec 4,
2004
Equipped with USB port and VU meters that monitor
audio volume and video bit rate, the YAHOO. MetroRetro DVD Player
also features an IR headphone transmitter for use with wireless
headphones, along with widescreen (16:9) and normal (4. (PR
Newswire)
Gangs
of New York R . . . Nov 21, 2003
The R1
seemed like a safe bet as surely the bit rate would be higher if
it was spread across two discs. Hopefully you will be able to
ignore these and concentrate of the Edge Enhancement (DVDAnswers,
UK)
EnXnet,
Inc. Announces Filing of Electronic Radio Frequency Identification
Device Activated by Radiant Means Design
Patent Aug 3, 2004
There are several
different frequencies and bit rates currently employed by the
various manufacturers of these systems which means that no single
reader can read all of the RFID tags. ARFIDTag allows a reader to
adjust the frequency and bit rate so that any reader can
effectively interrogate it. (Primezone Releases)
Review:
Magix Movie Edit Pro 2004 Nov 21,
2003
Here you can select menu templates, add background
video, audio, audio, or bitmaps (for customization), and assemble
simple DVD menus. Click Burn DVD to make your disc, and customize
MPEG bit rate, encoding quality (speed vs. quality); within
"GoMotion Encoding Parameters," choose aspect ratios, set motion
estimation, and more (EMediaLive.com, United States)
Sophists.org Feb
3, 2004
According to Apple's website: the iPod is "Designed
to give you the best portable digital music experience ever, the
iPod delivers the highest sound quality from input to output. iPod
supports the most popular audio formats ? including MP3 (up to 320
kbps), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR) and WAV ? giving you access to
a wide range of audio file types. And iPod is the only portable
digital music player that supports the AAC format used by the
iTunes Music Store for Mac and Windows. AAC features... (Google
News Canada -- Technology)
Steady
Pimpin' May 25, 2004
With only 256MB you
will quickly run out of space if you use high bit rates ... I got
around 25 hours with mixed bit rate files played at roughly 85%
volume. (IGN Gear)
UK's
DAB is the lowest quality in the world Aug 12,
2004
That's no wonder, when you look at the situation in
the UK. Quite simply, although DAB is capable of producing
excellent audio quality, many of the UK's DAB transmissions are
encoded at minimum bit rates, and in some cases offer only mono
versions of services that can be received in stereo with better
audio quality on existing analogue transmitters ... It backs up
its claim with a chart that shows the average bit rate for stereo
music stations excluding the UK is 182 kbps, whilst in the UK
it's... (Google News UK -- Business)
Digit
Magazine Jul 1, 2004
At the same bit
rate, the Walkman can store around half as many songs as the iPod,
which is consistent with it having half the storage capacity ...
The player runs on an internal rechargeable battery and Sony says
this will last for up to 30 hours when playing files encoded at
the minimum supported bit rate of 48Kbps ... The company did not
provide battery life details for other bit rates. (Google News
Australia -- Technology)
