The VP8 codec is now free
May 19, 2010
See, I done here awhile, and today has been confirmed in the conference Google I / O: VP8 is free . Not only announced the release of the codec, but also several entities have expressed their support for VP8.
The first to do so has been to own Google , announcing that all YouTube videos will be available encrypted with VP8 . The result of this decision is bandwidth saved with this codec, remember that the same quality that H.264, takes up to 50% less.
Operator has also backed the VP8 codec with the presence of his CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in the event, which has shown how your browser supports and the perfect video playback with this codec. Also Mozilla has announced support for VP8 shortly after learning of the release, and, like Chromium, and are nightly builds available that work with VP8 .
In addition to these, another company very support large VP8: Adobe . Your CTO , Kevin Lynch, has announced that Adobe applications will support this codec along with the rest of the HTML5 standard. In these applications also include Flash, which thus seeks to avoid being overtaken by the applications that use HTML5. Other companies have also expressed support for the codec from Google, such as Skype, Logitech, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.
The video file format will result Webm , which contain the encoded video with VP8 and Vorbis audio . The license is similar to BSD , with all the free code . In addition, Google has created Webm Project, to form a community around this codec and provide more resources to developers and users : encoding, codec code, documentation, SDKs …
What can we expect from This? What video codec is imposed on the web? Look at it from several points. For example, from the perspective of web developers. Firefox, Chrome and Opera account for 40% of Internet users, a large percentage. In addition, VP8 provides more facilities and tools for encoding to H.264. By adding this to the fact that it is also free and no software licensing issues, it seems clear that web developers choose to VP8 .
If we change the perspective of the browser, it comes down to an argument very simple: YouTube . This captures video portal, according to Alexa, the 25% of all traffic on the Internet , and one could say that all users see YouTube videos at least once a week. A browser that does not support video on YouTube would not be very comfortable for the user to quickly switch to other alternatives.
All that I present here are extreme. It is unlikely that YouTube videos showing only VP8, and some developers coded the first thing I have not overly concerned about the format. Therefore, I think we’ll see from now on will be a battle between two very close codecs , but from my point of view will be over imposing VP8 because it gives more facilities to the developers and users of video-related applications, is free and open, and because it has the support of a large number of companies in the sector of information technology.
More info | Mozilla Blog
More info | Chromium Blog More info | Webm Project Blog
Official Site | Webm Project
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