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What video codecs will Blu-ray support?
MPEG-2 - enhanced for HO, also used for
playback of OVOs and HO recordings.
MPEG-4 AVC - part of the MPEG-4
standard also known as H.264 (High Profile
and Main Profile)2.
SMPTE VC-1 - standard based on
Microsoft® Windows® Media Video (WMV)
technol ogy 2.
Please note that this simply means that
Blu-ray players will have to support
playback of these video codecs, it will be up
to the movie studios to decide which video
codec(s) they use for their releases.
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