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New Open Video Codec From Xiph/On2

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-luck-beam-activated dept.

xercist writes: "Xiph.org, the bringers of the mighty Vorbis codec, have done it again. The patents on On2's VP3 video codec have been effectively neutered, and it is being released under the BSD license for all to enjoy. The combination of VP3 video and Vorbis audio (in an OGG bitstream, of course) will be called Theora, and will soon take over the world. The ETA to a 1.0 release is approximately one year. You can also read an interview with Emmett Plant (Xiph CEO) here. The official press release will be up tomorrow, so don't complain about lack of mention on xiph.org just yet."

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  1. Re:very nice but can it overtake DivX? by Com2Kid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Heh, nice troll. (wait, that WAS a troll right? I mean you aren't that stupid? You do realize that you cannot compare Audio Codecs to Video Codecs any more then you can compare FM radio transmissions to Coax Video Transmissions?)

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  2. Re:very nice but can it overtake DivX? by xeromist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not comparing audio codecs to video codecs as technologies. I'm comparing usage. It might as well have been a comparison to car fuel usage, audio is just more convenient.

    You don't have to agree with me, but I NEVER troll. I have more honor than that.

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