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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."

3 of 218 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmmm... by TheKidWho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Link is fine to visit.

  2. Re:What is the problem? by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually I was reading that comment as sarcastic. Maybe that is what the moderators were doing as well.

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    "linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
  3. Re:What is the problem? by bug1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well obviously i took over someone else's account, but you can hardly blame me, who wouldn't be tempted by a 5 digit UID on a Internet forum. /sarcasm