Steering Committee meeting, (Feb. 25/26, 2004)

Steering Committee meeting, (Feb. 25/26, 2004)

No. Voting Subject Result
1 Approval of minutes of November 2003 SC meeting as to be amended with footnote for clarification of specification names Approved
2 Approval of TCG, WG, VPC officers elected by each organization
Approved
3 Approval of the motion: Chair Company and three Vice Chair Companies together with DVD Forum attorney discuss the AH0-13 issue and make a recommendation by the next SC meeting.
Approved
4 Approval of Toshiba as a Chair Company
Approved
5 Approval of Time Warner as a Vice Chair company from content industry
Approved
6 Approval of Intel as a Vice Chair company from IT industry
Approved
7 Approval of Sony as a Vice Chair company from CE industry
Approved
8 Approval of Motion: The Steering Committee instructs the TCG Chair to direct WG-1 to incorporate the recommendations of the AH0-10 report on requirements for the HD-DVD Video application before completion of the specification
Approved
9 Approval of Motion: Delay voting on Macromedia Flash in order to allow for a reevaluation of the need to complete E-Nav as a standalone specification in light of the upcoming HD-DVD Video application spec., which will include SD video.
Approved
10 Approval of DD+, DTS++, and MLP as mandatory audio codecs to be included in the High Definition Video format
Not Approved
11 Approval of the notice to DVD-RW book subscribers and licensees and DVD Forum members
Approved
12 Approval of the amendment of Article 6 (2) of the Forum Charter
Approved
13 Approval of amendment of Article 8. (5). (g) and Article 10. (1) of the DVD Forum Charter
Approved
14 Approval of budget for FY2004 Approved
15 Adoption of the mandatory audio codec "MPEG-4 HE AAC" for the Optional Specifications for DVD-Audio (ROM zone)
Not Approved
16 Approval of Version-up Information for DVD-RAM (4.7G) Book Part 1 (from Ver. 2.1 to Ver. 2.2)
Approved
17 Approval of Optional Specifications 5X-speed DVD-RAM, Rev. 2.0
Approved
18 Approval of HD DVD Specifications for Rewritable Disc version 0.9
Approved
19 Approval of holding Asia Conference in early April and Japan Conference, US Conference, and EU Conference in 2004
Approved
20 Approval of the 5x DVD-RAM Disc Test Specification
Approved
21 Approval of the establishment of the Sharp Class-A Laboratory
Approved
22 Approval of Maximum Verification Fee: (1) Test Specification for PC Video Format Authoring Software and PC VR Recording Software: $10,000
Approved
23 Approval of Maximum Verification Fees: (2) Test Specifications for discs with new High Speed Recording Optional Specifications (R8X, RAM5X, RW4X): $15,000
Approved
24 Provisional approval of MPEG2, WM9 (VC-9) and MPEG4 AVC(H.264) Video CODECs as mandatory for the HD DVD Video specification for playback devices, subject to (a) an update in 60 days regarding licensing terms and conditions, (b) a presentation by each of the respective licensing bodies at the next SC meeting and (c) possible elimination of any of the above CODECs at the next SC meeting.
Approved
25 The Steering Committee asks the TCG and WG-1 to reconsider their recommendation of audio codecs for HD Video Applications, and make a new recommendation by the next Steering Committee meeting that includes at least one lossless audio codec and at least one lossy audio codec.
Approved
26 Approval of Secretary Office posting promptly on the Forum website the decisions reached at this SC meeting. Approved

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