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VP3, Open Source Video at 200kbs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lower-bitrate-pr0n dept.

Honest Man noted that intel is hyping VP3 as the first low bitrate open source video codec. 200kbs for VHS quality video sounds good to me, especially when I can apt-get it. But is DivX already to entrenched in this niche?

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  1. Don't forget about patents. by jmoffitt · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are patents on the technology, which means it is of no more use to the open source community than True Type font hinting and MP3.

    I hope that they address the patent issues, and not just brush them aside like the DivX guys have done.

    There's a reason the Xiph.org project is trying to develop a video codec too :)

  2. The **REAL** links are here... by bani · · Score: 5, Informative

    The real open source VP3 site

    The VP3 open source license

    The VP3 license claims to be MPL derived. Would be interesting to see if it still fits the open source criteria.

  3. Re:well by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 5, Informative

    I went to the VP3 site to watch some movie trailers they have. When I started playing the trailer, QuickTime Player told me I didn't have the VP3 codec and offered to install it for me. I clicked OK a few times and the trailer started playing. It couldn't have been easier. It even installed the encoder, so I can encode VP3 from any QuickTime app.

  4. missed info by akb · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lots of missed info for a project that whose source was released in early September. Good to see it finally got noticed by /.

    -first source is available on vp3.com. You must register to download (hrm).

    -Its license is MPL derived, with some restrictions on IP for their patents. Also derivatives must always be able to play VP3.

    -Its streamable with QT hinting.

    -only currently available for Win and Mac. Port to *nix should be easy since there is code for OS X.

    -Apple and Real will be supporting it in their players