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VP8 Codec Coming To FFmpeg

Posted by kdawson on from the small-fast dept.

Jim Buzbee writes "Interested in Google's VP8 codec? Well, so were the FFmpeg guys, so they went ahead and wrote their own native decoder in only 1,400 lines of unique code. They were able to keep the line-count low by relying on heavy reuse from the existing H.264 codebase."

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  1. Re:Hmmm... by 6ULDV8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    most free software is usually around 5 years behind the state of the art.

    But it fits so nicely with the state of my wallet.

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    Pull my finger for my public key.
  2. Re:Hmmm... by Khyber · · Score: 2, Funny

    With Google behind it now, VP8 will likely exceed anything MPEG-LA can create. Google, despite doing some boneheaded things at times, does have some of the brightest minds working for them.

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  3. FFmpeg? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 1, Funny

    But what if you don't play Final Fantasy?

  4. 1400 lines by tokul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is there a limit on line length?