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Our Kvazaar HEVC encoder was converted to the new standard during the past couple of years. Some general info on the conversion process for the Intra part is de

by Fador 4y ago

Our Kvazaar HEVC encoder was converted to the new standard during the past couple of years. Some general info on the conversion process for the Intra part is described in our open-access paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9690938 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9690938

ksec 4y ago
Congratulations as you beat even the x265 team to release possibly the first open source VVC encoder. It is unfortunate you wont get much response as HN is pretty much Anti HEVC and VVC.
- Fador 4y ago
  Thanks! Fraunhofer HHI has already released vvenc ages ago: https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc and it's _really_ good on compression performance as well as speed. The difference is that we used our own HEVC encoder as the base whereas Fraunhofer (and most likely x265 team) use the reference encoder VTM: https://vcgit.hhi.fraunhofer.de/jvet/VVCSoftware_VTM https://vcgit.hhi.fraunhofer.de/jvet/VVCSoftware_VTM giving them all the tools from the beginning. We are aware of the problems with HEVC and VVC, and it's sad to find out that the VVC licensing terms are even worse for open-source...
  - ksec 4y ago
    >and it's sad to find out that the VVC licensing terms are even worse for open-source... What and why is that ?
    - Fador 4y ago
      According to what I've read, MPEG LA would also charge the some fees for "free software". It makes me wonder if e.g. ffmpeg would adopt VVC would they have to pay for it? https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=151163 https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?Art...
      - ksec 4y ago
        I see what you mean. It probably wouldn't matter if a user is compiling from source and not downloading the binaries. It is also unfortunate the terms couldn't be simpler. It seems most internet companies in the west ( dominated by US ) are not going to use VVC, while India, China and Japan are all ready to jump on the VVC tech. Broadcasting has shown interest in VVC as well.

by Fador 4y ago

ksec 4y ago

Congratulations as you beat even the x265 team to release possibly the first open source VVC encoder. It is unfortunate you wont get much response as HN is pretty much Anti HEVC and VVC.

Fador 4y ago
Thanks! Fraunhofer HHI has already released vvenc ages ago: https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc https://github.com/fraunhoferhhi/vvenc and it's _really_ good on compression performance as well as speed. The difference is that we used our own HEVC encoder as the base whereas Fraunhofer (and most likely x265 team) use the reference encoder VTM: https://vcgit.hhi.fraunhofer.de/jvet/VVCSoftware_VTM https://vcgit.hhi.fraunhofer.de/jvet/VVCSoftware_VTM giving them all the tools from the beginning. We are aware of the problems with HEVC and VVC, and it's sad to find out that the VVC licensing terms are even worse for open-source...
- ksec 4y ago
  >and it's sad to find out that the VVC licensing terms are even worse for open-source... What and why is that ?
  - Fador 4y ago
    According to what I've read, MPEG LA would also charge the some fees for "free software". It makes me wonder if e.g. ffmpeg would adopt VVC would they have to pay for it? https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=151163 https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?Art...
    - ksec 4y ago
      I see what you mean. It probably wouldn't matter if a user is compiling from source and not downloading the binaries. It is also unfortunate the terms couldn't be simpler. It seems most internet companies in the west ( dominated by US ) are not going to use VVC, while India, China and Japan are all ready to jump on the VVC tech. Broadcasting has shown interest in VVC as well.