[FFmpeg-devel] snow developement

[mkhodor6 at yahoo.com]

> I'd like to spent some (hundrets) euros for a snow 1.0 specification
> (and a working implementation). Maybe it will be possible to store
> it in a matroska container?

Haali media splitter claims to handle Snow in Matroska.  I don't know
of any samples though.


> How is the dirac codec compared to snow in quality?
> Are there limitations for resolution and/or color depth or others
> with dirac or snow?

Although the Dirac spec was written to handle higher bit depths, the
current reference implementation is limited to 8-bit.  See comments
from one of the developers here:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1733589&forum_id=353618

Also, there is currently no spec for Dirac in Matroska.
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1724981&forum_id=353618