Easy3D Launches for Blu-ray 3D Authoring

Pico House Co., Ltd. announced that it has launched its new Easy3D software for authoring Blu-ray 3D titles. According to the statement, Easy3D is a straightforward tool for creating Blu-ray 3D video discs from AVCHD files, such as those output by an NLE system or Panasonic’s AG-3DA1 full HD 3D camcorder. After selecting the source …

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Panasonic Develops New LSI for Blu-ray Players

Panasonic Corporation announced that it has successfully developed a new mass-production technology for 32-nm system LSIs and plans to ship system LSIs based on this technology for use in Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. According to the statement, this technology enables system LSIs with higher performance and lower power consumption well suited for use in consumer …

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Sonic Upgrades Scenarist BD Workgroup for Blu-ray 3D

Sonic Solutions announced a new version of its Scenarist BD Workgroup toolset with options for encoding, authoring, debugging and formatting content for commercial release on Blu-ray 3D.

Vanguard Unveils Blu-ray 3D Encoding Solution

Vanguard Software Solutions (VSS) announced at IBC 2010 new 3D video products based on VSS MVC Encoder and Decoder SDKs. According to the statement, NetBlender’s DoStudio MVC (3D) Encoder is a fast professional quality offline encoder for Blu-ray 3D authoring. VSS 3DStreamer is a Live MVC (3D) Encoder and Streamer to PCs and 3D STB …

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MainConcept Unveils Transcoder for Blu-ray 3D

MainConcept GmbH announced that is is shipping a pre-release version of its Reference 3D transcoding application for Windows. According to the statement, this new 3D transcoding application will encode video into stereoscopic and multi-view 3D video streams for the Blu-ray 3D format as an extension of the H.264 encoding process.

MPEG-4 MVC Delivers 3D Over Internet and Satellite

Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications announced that at IBC, researchers will showcase how 3D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television (satellite, cable, etc.) by employing MPEG-4 Multiview Video Coding (MVC). According to the statement, it is also possible to maintain the compatibility of MVC-coded 3D movies with older televisions and set-top boxes (STB) …

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