“Smart Rendering” in Premiere

[Bernhard G.]

Jeremy,

the first reason I thought of is, x264 is the best H.264 encoder.
If AVC-I becomes the new ProRes, I’m simply afraid
while every NLE would be able to encode to AVC-I relying
on different AVC-I SDKs, that there would still be
quality differences between implementations.
Definitely won’t like to see arguments like “We encode AVC-I better than …”
With ProRes, consistent quality could be guaranteed. We need less complexity,
not more.

The second reason is, that an open-source implementation would allow
every NLE building company to integrate this standard for minimal license fees,
and not only for import, but also for a whole workflow.

Third, an open-source implementation would perhaps allow
Hardware Manufacturers like Blackmagic and AJA to implement
the code on their ACICs. Better would be an open hardware implementation,
every camera, recorder, and Video-I/O manufacturer is allowed to use.

Or put simply:
An open-source implementation would avoid
typical restrictions we got used to know in the industry.

ProRes is relatively open and available right now,
and I’m NOT willing to give up only a tiniest bit of this freedom!

Best regards,
Bernhard

[Bernhard G.]

Jeremy,

I was very surprised to read in the GV-4095M White Paper
“AVC-Intra for HD-Editing and Production”, Pg.7
that AVC-I seems to be more robust than ProRes and DNxHD!

In fact this has changed my mind. I have to admit that I
wasn’t that fan of AVC-I because it has been developed
by a camera manufacturer – therefor I’m naturally skeptical;
(thought I do very appreciate the fair-priced AVC-I Cams
Panasonic has produced in recent years).

But I don’t want to exchange one set of restrictions
(ProRes in Software interoperability) through another
(AVC-I in Hardware interoperability).

Put simply:
AVC-Ultra needs to become an Open Standard!
Software AND Hardware.

Best regards,
Bernhard

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bernhard Grininger] “the first reason I thought of is, x264 is the best H.264 encoder.
If AVC-I becomes the new ProRes, I’m simply afraid
while every NLE would be able to encode to AVC-I relying
on different AVC-I SDKs, that there would still be
quality differences between implementations.
Definitely won’t like to see arguments like “We encode AVC-I better than …”
With ProRes, consistent quality could be guaranteed. We need less complexity,
not more.”

I guess I’m confused.

You know AVC-Intra belongs to Panasonic, right?

I don’t think that Panasonic would open source AVC-Intra, but you never know.

It certainly seems licensable. I have a third party QT encoder for my Mac, and Adobe includes it in AME.

Open source is a double edged sword. It would solve a lot of problems, but it also creates some problems.

A universal codec is not an easy problem to solve.

Jeremy

[Bernhard G.]

[Jeremy Garchow] “You know AVC-Intra belongs to Panasonic, right?”

This is the crucial question here. Does AVC-I really belong to Panasonic?
– It has been standardized by the SMPTE.
– Furthermore it is an encoding variant of the H.264 profile High 10 Intra and High 4:2:2 Intra.

Please does anyone here know for sure, what legal status AVC-I has?

Best regards,
Bernhard