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V-Nova collaborates with Globo Mediatech Lab to develop an LCEVC stream of the Brazilian Carnival V-Nova has announced the collaboration with Globo Mediatech Lab in the delivery of an LCEVCenhanced stream for the 2023 Carnival in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The live stream was configured in conjunction with existing AVC/H.264 transmission to demonstrate the benefits of MPEG-5 LCEVC in live streaming applications. The streaming trial featured a MainConcept LCEVCenhanced H.264 live encoder creating a ladder
a demonstration website
improving efficiency in both
using Shaka Player v4.3
the CDN and backend.
which natively includes an
Critically, these real-life
LCEVC decoding option.
trials demonstrate that this
The LCEVC-enhanced H.264 delivered a high quality output with a ~40% bandwidth saving compared to the existing
new technology can be deployed today with broad encoder and decoder support available.” Deacon Johnson, SVP
H.264-only stream.
& General Manager at
1080p29.97 @ 4500kbps.
Guido Meardi, CEO at
This was compared to the
V-Nova said, “The Carnival is
pleased to continue the
incumbent AVC/H.264-
as beautiful to watch as it is
only channel of 8 profiles,
challenging to compress at
where the top profile was
high quality. We are proud
partnerships with industry
1080p29.97 @ 5500kbps.
of our collaboration with
leaders, such as V-Nova
The streaming employed
Globo, which proves the
and Globo, who share our
HLS in 6 second TS
tangible benefits of LCEVC
commitment to the quality,
segments and delivered
for enhancing resolution
reliability, and performance
via AWS CloudFront.
and picture quality in large-
we demand in our
Playback was available on
scale live events while
products.”
of 6 profiles peaking at
12
MainConcept said, “We are work we started in 2022 with V-Nova and Globo. MainConcept values our