The video compression standard H.264/AVC, also known as MPEG-4 Parte 10 has recently been defined as the ITU-T International Standard being the international organization responsible for defining telecommunication standards by supplying specifications (or recommendations) recognised at an international level. Broadcast services based on the H.264 standard run on a lower band compared to the MPEG-2 encoding indications and at a far lower bit transmission frequency thus offering a cost-saving means for broadcasting a larger number of high definition programs.
Norway is the first European country to take advantage of the ITU-T recommendations in making use of the H.264/AVC standard for all Digital Terrestrial television broadcasting.
Mediateket, a Norwegian company specialised in streaming and broadcasting solutions, has requested the collaboration of interact in developing and installing a system for H.264 automatic recording and monitoring of radio/TV contents.
interact Encoder Services software application that ensures on-going recording of a live TV flow according to user defined time criteria and the recorded clips stored at specific times (every hour or end of hour). The audio/video contents are encoded via the il codec H.264/AVC of the MainConcept..
