Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dvb asi

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The result of the debate was Redirect to DVB. Death phoenix 05:28, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dvb asi[edit]

MPEG format, is this widely used of notable for any reason?--nixie 10:18, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Merge or Keep "wordwide standard forms of MPEG video". This one gets 25,100 google hits [1]. Kappa 14:20, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Merge. Ooops! That'll teach me to vote before the first cup of coffee! Not proprietary, this does seem to be the broadcast industry's favorite way of playing with the mpeg format. Very widely known with over 1 million Google hits, and the organization's web site ranks relatively highly for video encoding sites generally (it is in the mid-100,000s, much like mpeg.org and such standard sites). Still, I think it is a merge, but I'm a sound guy not a video guy. ~~At best. This is an proprietary internal schema according to the article.~~ HyperZonk^talk 16:51, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
Merge to MPEG-2. Zzyzx11 18:57, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Merge or delete. Proprietary internal schemae for computer-graphics formats aren't WP-notable, whether wordwide or worldwide, unless the schema (not just the MPEG-2 or MPEG-3 standard) had industry-shaking or society-influencing significance. I don't frequent video-tech circles, but I've never heard "DVB ASI" (with any capitalization) discussed in any of the computer-tech forums I've read. In light of the DVB name on the preceding VfD entry, I'm suspicious of this item; I lean toward deleting unless evidence of real notability is provided. Barno 19:06, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Got more information. The DVB article gives evidence of notability and details for a number of DVB standards, but doesn't mention DVB ASI. Revised my vote to suggest merge to DVB, not to MPEG-2. Barno 17:33, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
If you frequented video tech circles you'd hear of it very quickly. [2] Gazpacho
Merge to MPEG-2 or delete. Megan1967 23:23, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Merge. (Well, I like merged articles!) Miss Pippa 10:17, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
A quick look at DVB should convince you that it is the proper merge target, not MPEG-2. DVB specifications are not proprietary in the usual sense. Gazpacho 11:09, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Badly named. Merge and redirect to DVB - David Gerard 12:50, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Final FYI to the admins: Most of what the article says is inaccurate. The special timing information that DVB adds to MPEG-2 data falls under a standard called DVB-MPEG. "ASI" describes only the electrical connection between a module that transmits or receives over a DVB network, and the device that uses that module. It is a feature of other standards, not a standard by itself. Gazpacho 08:07, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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