[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: h264+aac in lavf mp4

[Nico Sabbi]

Erik Slagter wrote

>>and Bluray refuse to use it and resort to mpegts (that sucks, too, but
>>somewhat less).
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>This I don't understand, really. What are they thinking? We have plenty
>of space, so let's waste it? Mpeg4 has complete standards for everything
>you would need on a DVD, no need for any kludges (like on current
>DVD's). One plain file would suffice.
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>As these sorts of decisions are generally taken on non-technical
>grounds, I suppose it's again about money, which the BR firms don't want
>to spent to Apple or something similar.
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maybe they don't know how (or have a lot of problems) to mux to mp4 :)

I guess they simply want to stream bluray content over network or dvb/atsc;
using mpegts from the start doesn't require them to remux the content.
Space, overhead and user friendlyness aren't a concern for those people.

BTW, I forgot to mention the worst part of it: it seems that the 
interactive part of bluray
is supposed to be implemented as a java application