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Xiph Releases Ogg Theora Alpha-3

Posted by Hemos on from the frozen-for-usage dept.

ArcRiley writes "For more than a year Xiph hackers have been working on Ogg Theora, an improved version of On2's VP3 video codec. Alpha-3 includes several bitstream changes, VP3 to Theora "upgrade" utilities, and is now supported by Xine, MPlayer, and Real's Helix Player. We're nearing Beta-1 where the format will be frozen, fully documented, and it'll be ready for everyday use."

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  1. Re:DivX popularity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One word - games.

    Need an animated intro or cutscene in a PC game? The options are kind of limited. You can license DivX or Bink, or rely on whatever codecs come as standard with Windows, but the options are either expensive, low-quality or problematic.

    I was commenting on Ogg Vorbis in games a few minutes ago, and was wondering how the Xiph people were getting on with Ogg Theora. I clicked to go to the Slashdot front page, and behold!

    I reckon I can sense the future, and I don't even have a Slashdot subscription. ;-]