<s>
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
brand	O
name	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
MPEG-4-compatible	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
compression	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Nero	B-Application
AG	O
of	O
Germany	O
and	O
Ateme	O
of	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
Audio+	O
audio	O
encoding	O
tool	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
audio	O
&	O
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
integrated	O
into	O
Nero	B-Application
's	O
Recode	O
DVD	O
ripping	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	B-Application
certifies	O
certain	O
DVD	O
player/recorder	O
devices	O
as	O
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
compatible	O
,	O
and	O
licenses	O
the	O
codec	B-General_Concept
technology	O
to	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Ateme	O
,	O
and	O
according	O
to	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Nero	B-Application
AG	O
developer	O
Ivan	O
Dimkovic	O
,	O
the	O
audio	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
improved	O
versions	O
of	O
Dimkovic	O
's	O
older	O
PsyTEL	O
AAC	B-Application
Encoder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
codec	B-General_Concept
is	O
now	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
stand-alone	O
package	O
called	O
Nero	B-Operating_System
AAC	I-Operating_System
Codec	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
can	O
generate	O
streams	O
in	O
the	O
3GP/MPEG	O
-4	O
Part	O
14	O
(	O
)	O
container	O
format	O
and	O
includes	O
two	O
video	O
and	O
two	O
audio	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
ISO/IEC	O
standard	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
subtitles	O
and	O
chapter	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
streams	O
generated	O
by	O
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
on	O
some	O
stand-alone	O
hardware	O
players	O
and	O
software	O
media	O
players	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
own	O
Nero	B-Application
Showtime	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
also	O
does	O
not	O
ship	O
its	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
as	O
stand-alone	O
DirectShow	B-Library
or	O
VfW	B-Device
modules	O
,	O
preventing	O
them	O
from	O
being	O
used	O
for	O
general-purpose	O
video	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
have	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
video	O
compression	O
comparisons	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
,	O
the	O
ASP	B-Application
codec	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
fastest	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
fared	O
relatively	O
poorly	O
in	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
AVC	B-Application
codec	I-Application
was	O
pronounced	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ND	O
ASP	B-Application
did	O
not	O
compete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
,	O
the	O
ASP	B-Application
codec	B-General_Concept
was	O
still	O
the	O
fastest	O
and	O
fared	O
better	O
than	O
previously	O
in	O
quality	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
well	O
enough	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
finals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AVC	B-Application
codec	I-Application
came	O
in	O
second	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
it	O
won	O
the	O
,	O
competing	O
against	O
other	O
AVC	B-Application
codecs	I-Application
such	O
as	O
x264	B-Language
,	O
VideoSoft	O
's	O
codec	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
MainConcept	B-Algorithm
codec	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Sorenson	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	B-Algorithm
Digital	I-Algorithm
AVC	B-Application
also	O
won	O
an	O
informal	O
2005	O
'	O
,	O
'	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
1dB	O
quality	O
gain	O
over	O
DivX	B-Application
at	O
the	O
same	O
bitrate	O
.	O
</s>
