Hi,
German Netzeitung writes on http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/443044.html that Fox TV tries to force ads even in digital recordings by using fixed images. According to the story, you can't skip or cut fixed images. What kind of nonsense are they writing? Why should it be "technically impossible" to cut fixed images, e.g. from an MPEG2 stream? Maybe automatic ad cutters can't spot them (by now) but you should always be able to do the job manually. Or am I missing something?
I can't find an English version of the article above, sorry. You can always use the fish, though, even if it sounds funny. Maybe someone from the U.S. can confirm or deny the story?
Harald Milz wrote:
German Netzeitung writes on http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/443044.html that Fox TV tries to force ads even in digital recordings by using fixed images. According to the story, you can't skip or cut fixed images. What kind of nonsense are they writing?
Found this English article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-DVR-Viewers.html
The glorious idea behind this is that a 30-second still frame is noticeable even in fast-forward mode for 1 or 2 seconds. Thats all.
Cheers,
Udo
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 01:44:27AM +0200, Udo Richter wrote:
Found this English article about it: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-DVR-Viewers.html
OK so apparently everybody copied the AP flash. I have no idea where Netzeitung got the notion of "technically impossible" to skip or cut.
Duh.
Moin,
Du schriebst am / on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:59:06 +0200 you wrote:
OK so apparently everybody copied the AP flash. I have no idea where Netzeitung got the notion of "technically impossible" to skip or cut.
Well, apparently AP also uses a new technology making it technically impossible to edit their news flashes. See news.googles.com for a demonstration.
SCNR, Walter
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