New media size Microsoft defies MP3 and Real
On the Streaming Media Westerly 2000-purse that in December in San Jose became held, was presented Windows Media Audio and Video 8 in concretes form for the first time publicly by boss Steve Ballmer. Now is the technology then also commercially available.
Microsoft claims that the audioformaat already in a quality of 48 kilo bits per second the sounds quality of cd's approaches. By MP3, a comparable quality becomes fit obtained with a bitrate of 128 kbps. The consequence is is that a Microsoft music truce a to pieces smaller. And that is good news for the internal pus that not spoiled is with broad tie. As yet is the offer in MP3'tjes however many grind larger than that in Windows Media.
Microsoft gives then also closed that MP3 what concerned popularities with difficulty will be to defeat. For streaming media-applications is Windows Media 8 also good equipped, promises Microsoft. Competitor RealNetworks loves a standard speed at 64 kbps, in comparison with the 48 kbps of Microsoft. 'Clear superior'
Microsoft puts that they on Real at least two generations furrow course with her compressietechniek for audio. RealNetworks fights that opposite MSNBC: we are there strongly of convinced that our video- and audiokwaliteit clear superior is above what true Microsoft now with comes.
Windows Media Video 8 offers also improvements to respect of earlier versions. With a speed of 250 kbps and a resolution by 640 will there by 480 pixels and 24 frames per second 'near VHS' quality be obtained, while a variant of 500 kbps the quality of DVD approaches.
Parties as an Intertainer (provider of video-on-demand) and Imovie and AlwaysI (moviesites) have to go make already announced use of Microsofts technique. Further the software house would work together writes with the large Hollywood-studio already' s, MSNBC. As well the audio- as a videocompressie are foresee of software for the wearing out of copyrights.
The new size is compatible with Microsofts standard Windows Media Player 7. Of this last player has Microsoft otherwise this week also a version for the Mac brought out.