Yu Kitamura of Sony Professional Solutions Europe explains the
benefits of H.264 - the latest video compression technology.
Video compression as a subject matter may seem really dull, but
the real-world benefits of using the latest technology can
radically increase the flexibility of your IP network. Put
simply, better compression means greater flexibility - the more
efficiently data | H.264 requires less bandwidth, while
delivering better quality| is handled, the more choices you have
with your existing resources. An existing network can support
more cameras, better audio-video quality or both. Video
compression standards - JPEG / M-JPEG / MPEG-4 For surveillance
applications, the ‘industry-standard' image compression format
is JPEG - which is perhaps best known for digital still
photographs. In fact, using JPEG compression a network camera is
acting rather like a digital camera - taking 25 (PAL) or 30
(NTSC) pictures per second. Better compression means greater
flexibility - the more efficiently data is han