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  MPEG-4 vs. Microsoft VC-1: why high-definition video software standards are irrelevant
Time: 09:26 EST/14:26 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund

About a year ago, Microsoft made great strides in legitimizing its technology for broadcasting by getting its Windows Media 9 video codec (now grandly titled Video Codec One, or VC-1) accepted by the industry's standards body SMPTE. And both the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray groups, representing the two competing High-Definition DVD hardware formats, have agreed to support Microsoft's codec as well as the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding standard in their new hi-def players.

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