The most known codecs produced by On2 are Vp3 (Theora), Vp6 (licensed by Adobe for the Flash Player 8 and beyond), Vp7 (licensed by Skype) and now VP8. On2 gave VP3 technology to the open source community several years ago (project Theora) but it is a “primitive” codec, much similar to H.263, that cannot compete with modern codecs like VC1 and H.264.īut what exactly is VP8 ? It is the last codec designed by On2, a company specialized in video codec design. All the Internet is founded on open source technologies that every company can handle freely but this was only partially true for video codec. Even if there are shadows on the operation because of possible patents infringements, the web needed an open source video codec. Google opens VP8 source code and offers its technology for free. During Google I/O the secret has been revealed. After the acquisition of On2 several rumors spreaded across the web about the reasons of the deal. As you know Google has released VP8 as open source.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |