What's the patent status of VP8? That's the one missing piece of information I'm still looking for about whether or not this can work.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:13, Basil Mohamed Gohar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abu_hurayrah@hidayahonline.org">abu_hurayrah@hidayahonline.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 05/19/2010 01:55 PM, Steve Kann wrote:<br>
> Google has opened up VP8, and has lined up about 40<br>
> companies/organizations (including xiph) in a coordinated launch:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.webmproject.org/</a><br>
><br>
> Anyone know where there are quality comparisons between H.264, Theora,<br>
> and VP8?<br>
><br>
> -SteveK<br>
><br>
</div>Thank God for this. This is really great news. Thanks for sharing,<br>
because I didn't hear about it yet. I literally am feeling wave of<br>
relief in that there are big players (specifically Google) now<br>
explicitly in the free-as-in-freedom, royalty free codec game.<br>
<br>
I think the battles we've been waging with Theora have really paved the<br>
way for this, because it showed it's feasible to use a<br>
free-as-in-freedom codec for these purposes.<br>
<br>
VP8 samples are still quite rare (I know I haven't seen anything but a<br>
screenshot so far), so I cannot comment on actual quality. I hope the<br>
players in the WebM project aren't going to be hostile to a truly open<br>
spirit, such as continuing to be friendly with Ogg Theora as an<br>
alternative, especially where it's already in wide use. Besides, while<br>
WebM is still being developed, Ogg Theora is right there in browsers now.<br>
<br>
Oh, I'm just giddy! :)<br>
<br>
P.S. Please don't start the "end of Theora" rants, either. Theora was<br>
around when it was less relevant than it is now, and it was doing just<br>
fine. It's a serious codec, and WebM isn't ready yet. We'll need video<br>
support until then. Anybody willing to work with WebM will also likely<br>
be willing to work with Ogg Theora, so chillax!<br>
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