H.264/AVC Player In Nokia 7610

Hantro has tested and proved a software H.264 player in 'off-the-shelf' mobile handsets enabling a dramatic improvement in the quality of video clips displayed on a mobile phone.

Hantro's H.264 player for Symbian Series 60 handsets is based on the 6100 software decoder and PlayEngine middleware. Running on the Nokia 7610 handset full screen video (208x176 resolution) at 15 frames per second can be achieved.

H.264 is the newest and greatest video coding standard providing for improved compression over existing standards such as MPEG4 and H.263. With comparable bitrates the increase in visual quality is significant which also means that you can maintain acceptable video quality (comparable to MPEG4) with up to a 50% reduction in file size.

Adhering to the existing file size limitations for MMS, the improved compression ratios would allow for approximately twice the length of clip at the same visual quality as using MPEG4. Alternatively, the same length of clip can be received but with a vastly improved quality.

Source: press release

See also:

• inCode Reveals Top 10 Wireless Predictions for 2005


• Nokia Mobility Conference 2004: Opportunities Abound


• Mobile TV Services Trial in UK

Permalink: H.264/AVC Player In Nokia 7610