wow everyone... this is great stuff where this thread is going! (sorry, not really an addition to the topic discussed. But I wanted to show my appreciation somehow...)

2014-11-10 19:52 GMT+01:00 Ralph Giles <giles@thaumas.net>:
Earlier, Brion Vibber wrote:

> Apparently the US Library of Congress has been archiving videos as
> MXF (the container format that MOX is planned to be based off) with
> lossless-mode JPEG 2000 for the video payload... and they're pushing
> a baseline format around that for digital video preservation.

This is also the basis of the 'DCP' format used for distribution to
theatres with digital projectors, so there's simplicity in standardizing
that for archival of finished films.

Of course JPEG 2000 and MXF both specification with gratis distribution,
but I'm not aware of any patent restrictions on implementations.

 -r

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