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Open Technology Video Compression for Production and Post Production
Tim Borer

Keywords
open source

Abstract
This paper describes an Open Technology video codec aimed at production and post production applications. The codec is being standardised by the SMPTE as VC-2 and is also known as Dirac Pro. VC-2 is part of a family of interoperable codecs, which also includes the Dirac video codec. This paper provides an overview of the history and background of VC-2, how it works, typical production applications and some a guide to its features and performance.