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To: DiViT who wrote (33117)	5/11/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Check out their customers/partners...? skystream.com What was AB going to do with all that cash again???

To: DiViT who wrote (33117)	5/11/1998 2:00:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Re: Ligos -- This is what I gleaned from the release: <<It transcodes source input format (SIF) resolution video-only clips in real-time -- 352x240 at 30 fps, on a 300MHz MMX Pentium II -- and it encodes multiplexed video/audio files at five percent faster than any other encoder available does. At only $179.95 LSX-MPEG Encoder 2.0 is a fraction of the cost of expensive hardware solutions which typically cost thousands of dollars.>> Ligos says that it can do small-screen 30 fps MPEG video encoding in real time. It doesn't explicitly say whether the real-time encoding is MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 (it is MPEG-1). Oh, if you want audio with the video, then it cannot do that in real time. Let's see.... it cost $180. How much are those "expensive" hardware solutions? If it's MPEG-1, then a hardware encoding system based on CUBE's MVP is about the same price, and it will give you audio too. If we're talking MPEG-2 encoding, then we'll just have to wait for CUBE's 2Real codec.