alt Hacker Newsjust that I think the h264 long tail will be one of the longest long tails of a video codec.
I think MPEG-1 and 2 (from which MP3 comes) might be even longer.
just that I think the h264 long tail will be one of the longest long tails of a video codec.
I think MPEG-1 and 2 (from which MP3 comes) might be even longer.
MPEG-2 video is still very much alive. In the US, almost all terrestrial OTA broadcast (ATSC 1.0) and all SD channels on cable systems. Even Comcast VOD was all MPEG-2 (including HD) until they shut down the QAM version in 2023.