MPEG Pixel Encoder

[James Weatherall]

The MPEG encoding scheme is "lossy", whereas VNC is not.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Shane Walton
> Sent: 04 August 2005 18:44
> To: vnc-list
> Subject: MPEG Pixel Encoder
> 
> 
> I have seen mention of MPEG as a pixel encoder for VNC, but 
> have not found any implementations.
> 
> It would seem that MPEG type encoding would be more
> efficient than JPEG as MPEG counts for unchanged areas
> where JPEG doesn't maintain any history of the previous
> frame.
> 
> Does anybody see or know of a reason why MPEG encoding
> hasn't been used by VNC implementations?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Shane M. Walton
> dsrelist "at" yahoo.com
> 
> 
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