XPS and Windows Media Photo

Windows Media Photo

JD on EP — Thu, 25 May 2006 07:59:03 GMT

Windows Media Photo: When I read this at CNET, I stared at my screen for awhile: "If it is up to Microsoft, the omnipresent JPEG image format will be replaced by Windows Media Photo. The software maker detailed the new image format Wednesday at the

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SK — Fri, 26 May 2006 07:51:52 GMT

So Microsoft has this vision that all media formats be it Photo, Movie, Music, Documents all fall under the umbrella of Windows Media X. Kind of a sad future, when there are no choices or opportunties for diversity.

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SK — Fri, 26 May 2006 07:55:28 GMT

Yet Another Patent Encumbered Proprietary Closed Microsoft Format To Ensure Vendor Lock-In And Lack Of Interoperability.

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Alaun Wraein — Fri, 26 May 2006 12:06:35 GMT

Remember the .GIF debacle ?

This is just yet another attempt by a corporation to get their patent bearing format into your software.

I hope this fails miserably.

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bubu — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:23:49 GMT

Is there any SDK available to read/write this kind of images in WindosXP?

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james johnston — Fri, 26 May 2006 18:38:09 GMT

jpeg is patented just as much as gif is and probably as much as WDP will be. Microsoft have too much to lose over limiting the use of this new format. As far as i can see its not closed, theres little or nothing to stop it being ported to linux/mac - and ms may even help with this (no image format will ever take off if photoshop on the mac doesnt support it)

jpg IS old hat and DOES need replacing - microsoft is the only one with the balls, the sense and the skill at the moment to do it properly.

at the end of the day, wma and wmv are AMAZING formats, well supported on other platforms (not quite as well as divx et el - but ARE supported) and are at least as good as their 'open' counterparts. all in all I cant wait till this is available.

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Andy Simonds — Fri, 26 May 2006 21:44:01 GMT

Thanks for the comments James. Yes, we are not trying to take over the world with our image format. Just offering a more capable format that solves real problems, if people like it - great! If you hate - then hate it because of it's capabilities or lack thereof - not because it comes from Microsoft. It will be supported cross platform, we are very passionate about making that happen.

- Andy

Windows Media Photo - JPG alternative? JPG-2000 killer?

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mts — Wed, 31 May 2006 00:27:17 GMT

The examples shown at Winhec 2006 were impressive, especially so when the differences between compressed and original images were examined. The ability of .wdp to randomize these differences in contrast with JPEG that concentrates them into edges and high-detail portions of the image is important and impressive.

What is missing is a good technical discussion of the compression algorithm and a comparison with the JPEG-2K wavelet and JPEG-FFT methods. Especially valuable might be some 2D FFT comparisons between the methods in transform space.

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Rui Ribeiro — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:05:53 GMT

It seems that Windows Media Photo is a product that is being developed very near to Windows Media Services. Will it be able to use the same DRM infrastructure? Will content producers (photographs) be able to register their photo on a DRM based on Windows Media system?

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billcrow — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:18:44 GMT

Hi Rui,

While Windows Media Photo uses the "Windows Media" branding, and is licensed to device partners under terms similar to our other Windows Media technology, it does not use the ASF container structure or any DRM technology.

Windows Media DRM is ideal for publishing audio and video, but is really not that useful for still photography. Most commercial scenarios for digital photos require that the customer receive direct access to the image, which basically defeats the approach used by Windows Media DRM (where the goal is to protect the content all the way to the glass or speakers.) Also, Windows Media DRM is designed for a "few to many" publishing model; the DRM license gerneration technology does not easily allow anyone to generate their own DRM licenses.

While we are looking at DRM for photos for possible support in the future, the initial implementation was deliberately been designed to be simple, lightweight and easy for partners to implement directly in devices. That said, you can currently use Windows Document Rights Management for very effective management of rights access to digital photos.

We're investigating more comprehensive solutions to manage digital photo access rights, copyright protection and provenance guarantees as features for future versions of Windows Media Photo.

Bill Crow
Windows Media Photo Program Manager

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