CineForm Goes Open Source

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CineForm Goes Open Source. "One reason for keeping it closed, you might be surprised to hear, is that the codec's core tech was very simple. . . . You are now welcome to build new applications around the CineForm SDK, build it into existing applications, and extend its abilities with new performance optimizations and explore new image formats. I would love to see it go into many new places and new markets, but in particular, into popular open source players and transcoders."

Cineform is a wavelet-based codec like Redcode that dates back to 2001. Its ratio spans from 10:1 to 3.5:1 (Wikipedia).
 
GoPro bought cineform and then made sure it died and was forgotten by almost everyone. Not sure what they had in mind, but promoting its use definitely wasn't top of the list. It's very nice of them to make it open source now, but I think it's too late: this is not 2012 anymore, the days of transcoding are over. Now, if they can make cameras record cineform internally, that's a different game altogether...
 
Yes, I could see it as an option in software like slimRAW and in Blackmagic cameras (and you are always welcome to do it too, Canon, Panasonic, and Sony, if you are ever interested in playing ball with open standards).
 
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