[mythtv-users] VP8 (On2/Google video codec) analysis (was Re: Google TV)

E. Westbrook mythtv-users at westbrook.com
Sun May 23 00:15:26 UTC 2010


On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com
> wrote:

> VP8 is likely covered by many H.264 patents - H.264 being the leading HQ
> codec
>

Apparently, MPEG-LA and friends would seem to agree.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/googles-webm-video-format-might-not-be-so-free-after-all-says

I'm rooting for Google on this one, if cautiously.  But then again, I'm one
who still holds some hope for Dirac, so take that with the appropriate grain
of NaCl.

$0.02,
EW
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