Thursday, July 11, 2002
Hey pal...pass me a Corona
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 11:01 PM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,102611,tk,dn071102X,00.asp
Corona cometh! It seems like an eternity since we've seen anything new from the Windows Media group, including on the Pocket PC front, so I know something is cooking. I've seen some brief demos of Corona technology, and it's quite impressive - buffering is almost completely eliminated, even on high-quality files. They also have a very cool solution to a broken connection - it does as much caching as possible, so even if you lose your connection, it will keep playing until it runs out of content. I can only imagine what they have in store for the Pocket PC...
"Microsoft is preparing to lob its latest weapon in the digital media war, announcing Monday the beta release timing of the next version of its Windows media platform, dubbed Corona. After months of speculation, the details of Corona, including the product's official name, launch date, and additional consumer device manufacturer support, will finally be unveiled, company sources say, providing a further glimpse into the software giant's digital media strategy. Corona is the company's software engine for compressing and decoding video, and is the core of the next version of Media Player."
Corona cometh! It seems like an eternity since we've seen anything new from the Windows Media group, including on the Pocket PC front, so I know something is cooking. I've seen some brief demos of Corona technology, and it's quite impressive - buffering is almost completely eliminated, even on high-quality files. They also have a very cool solution to a broken connection - it does as much caching as possible, so even if you lose your connection, it will keep playing until it runs out of content. I can only imagine what they have in store for the Pocket PC...
"Microsoft is preparing to lob its latest weapon in the digital media war, announcing Monday the beta release timing of the next version of its Windows media platform, dubbed Corona. After months of speculation, the details of Corona, including the product's official name, launch date, and additional consumer device manufacturer support, will finally be unveiled, company sources say, providing a further glimpse into the software giant's digital media strategy. Corona is the company's software engine for compressing and decoding video, and is the core of the next version of Media Player."
