All Blu-ray players will be required to support playback of MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1, in addition to MPEG-2.

What video codecs will Blu-ray support?

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is still in the process of finalizing the BD-ROM specification, but they have stated that MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (previously called FRExt) and Microsoft's VC-1 video codec (the proposed SMPTE standard based on WMV9) will be mandatory. They will also include MPEG-2 support for playback of HDTV recordings and DVDs. Please note that this simply means that all Blu-ray players and recorders will have to support playback of these video codecs, it will still be up to the movie studios to decide which video codec(s) they use for their releases. The BDA expects the BD-ROM specification to be finished some time in 2005.

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Tektronix Introduces MPEG-2 Terrestrial ISDB-T Test Capabilities
6/14/2004 - Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK), a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the addition of MPEG-2 Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T) test capabilities to its leading MPEG Monitoring and Test Systems. Tektronix' new monitoring and analysis solutions enable Japanese equipment manufacturers and broadcasters to develop, deploy, manage and maintain new ISDB-T equipment used in Digital TV (DTV) infrastructure.

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