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On2 Releases VP6 video codec

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-pretty dept.

A reader writes:"On2 Technologies, the folks who brought you the open-source VP3 video codec (now managed by Theora.org), have released our latest codec, VP6. Highlights include hi-def support with no encoder restrictions, real-time encoding at full D1 resolution, and substantial performance & quality improvements over VP5. Best of all: no "patent pooling" restrictions or external licensing fees, a la MPEG-4."

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  1. Hmm by afree87 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This will be a rather hard codec to propagate, given that many people don't even know or want to know how to install XviD.