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The first in-depth technical analysis of VP8
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| VP8, as a spec, should be a bit better
| than H.264 Baseline Profile and VC-1.
| Itâs not even close to competitive with
| H.264 Main or High Profile. If Google is
| willing to revise the spec, this can
| probably be improved.
|
| VP8, as an encoder, is somewhere between
| Xvid and Microsoftâs VC-1 in terms of
| visual quality. This can definitely be
| improved a lot, but not via conventional
| means.
|
| VP8, as a decoder, decodes even slower
| than ffmpegâs H.264. This probably canât
| be improved that much.
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http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377
Why Google bought Global IP Solutions
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/why-google-bought-global-ip-solutions/6501
Microsoft to support VP8 video codec with Internet Explorer 9, after all?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-support-vp8-video-codec-with-internet-explorer-9-after-all/6264
Zencoder Excited About Open Source VP8
http://newteevee.com/2010/05/18/zencoder-excited-about-open-source-vp8/
Openness
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| Googleâs new codec could become the lingua
| franca of video on the web. From there it
| could influence all manner of gadgets
| connected to the web and render the
| polyglot of codecs antiquated. I would not
| be surprised if it became popular on CDs
| as well. What conserves bandwidth on the
| web can also save space on hard drives and
| CDs.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/05/19/openness/
Google video effort to be dubbed WebM Project?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20005350-264.html
Mozilla and company announce WebM, VP8-based open video format project
http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2010/05/mozilla-and-company-announce-webm-vp8-based-open-video-format-project/
Google open source VP8 as part of the WebM Project
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-open-source-VP8-as-part-of-the-WebM-Project-1003772.html
Google Makes VP8 Open Source - Now It Needs To Get A Little Evil
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/19/businessinsider-google-needs-to-get-a-little-evil-2010-5.DTL
Google Launches Open Source Video Format âWebMâ
http://trueslant.com/charlesjohnson/2010/05/19/google-launches-open-source-video-format-webm/
Details on Google's Chrome Store and WebM plans
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/05/details_on_googles_chrome_stor_2.html
VP8 Video Codec Opened. Now What?
http://www.montanalinux.org/vp8-now-what.html
Publishing Video in 2010
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/05/15/Video-Publishing
Google Gives Web $120 Million Gift
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900400&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
Google open sources $124.6m video codec
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/google_chrome_announcement/
WebM's royalty-free HTML5 video raises patent issues
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/05/19/google.mozilla.opera.may.be.in.trouble.with.webm/
Flash Co-creator: Apple Is Destroying the Open Web
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| However, Gay is skeptical that Googleâs
| plans to open-source its VP8 video codec
| will be able to fundamentally change this
| situation, cautioning that it may be
| impossible to build open-source codecs
| that donât infringe on someoneâs patents.
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http://newteevee.com/2010/05/18/flash-co-creator-apple-is-destroying-the-open-web/?utm_source=newteevee&utm_medium=recent-posts
Theora Founder: WebM Project is âWonderfulâ
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| âThis is great news,â said Christopher
| âMontyâ Montgomery, founder of the
| Xiph.org Foundation, when I reached him by
| phone right after the announcement.
| Montgomery is spearheading the development
| of Ogg Theora and is a Theora developer
| himself, but he called VP8 going open
| source âabsolutely wonderfulâ and sounded
| honestly stoked about the initiative.
| Montgomery did mention that Google didnât
| make too much of an effort to reach out to
| open source developers ahead of the
| official announcement. He was notified of
| the development, but many others werenât.
| âWe have to see how itâs going to play out
| in the open source community,â he told me,
| adding that it will be a while until VP8
| will really have an impact.
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http://newteevee.com/2010/05/19/theora-founder-webm-project-is-wonderful/
Google backs open codec against patent trolls
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| Google is "very confident" that the newly
| open-sourced VP8 video codec will stand up
| to the sort of patent attack Steve Jobs
| warned of when he defended Apple's
| decision to shun VP8's predecessor, the
| open-source Ogg Theora.
|
| [...]
|
| In a private email, Apple chief executive
| Steve Jobs even went so far as to say that
| unnamed forces were putting together a
| patent pool to "go after" Ogg Theora.
| Today, when The Reg asked if VP8 was
| vulnerable to patent attack, Google
| product manager Mike Jazayeri indicated
| this isn't a big concern for the company.
|
| "We have done a pretty through analysis of
| VP8 and On2 Technologies prior to the
| acquisition and since then, and we are
| very confident with the technology and
| that's why we're open sourcing," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/google_confident_on_vp8_and_patents/
Chip makers back Google's open source codec
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| A handful of mobile chip makers--including
| ARM, MIPS, Nvidia and Texas Instruments--
| said they will support Google's move to
| establish V8, a video codec it acquired
| with On2 Technologies in August.
|
| Google announced at its annual Google I/O
| event in San Francisco it will make the V8
| codec available as open source code with a
| royalty free license as part of a new WebM
| project. Google said it will pair V8 with
| the Vorbis open source audio codec and
| support the two in its Chrome browser and
| YouTube service. Browser makers Mozilla
| and Opera also said they will support the
| codecs.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900395
Dev goes 'Wild' with H.264 Firefox
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/wild_fox_adds_h_dot_264_to_firefox/
Netflix Is The Latest To Talk The HTML5 Talk
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| As we all know, the battle between Flash
| and HTML5 for the future of online video
| is raging. But what about that other
| plugin some sites use for video? You know,
| the one made by Microsoft â Silverlight? A
| new posting tonight may call that
| platformâs future in video into question
| as well. Because arguably their most
| important client is looking to jump on the
| HTML5 video bandwagon: Netflix.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/19/netflix-html5/
HTML5 Vs. Flash. What You Havenât Heard.
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/05/14/html5-vs-flash-what-you-havent-heard/
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