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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> By the way, in case Peter or the rest of the list
have labelled me as</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> an "anti-slice" zealot... :) I do think slices are good
for all the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> reasons</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> that well described above. Unfortunately, in H.264 there is a
serious</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> problem with slices in the decoder: namely "arbitrary slice
order".</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> Cheers,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> -Ryan</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Ryan,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>I have to admit, I can not think
of any advantage of ASO although I think there must be some…</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>On the other hand ASO is only
part of the “Extended-Profile” </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>And I don’t believe
ANYBODY has ever used it. For the common use of H.264 as Baseline-, Main- or
High-Profile ASO is FORBIDDEN!</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Regards</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>
Peter</span></font></p>
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