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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This whole software patent business is ridiculous, especially when it comes to applied mathematics.

  2. P.S. Technical analysis of VP8 codec by bonch · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I accidentally left out the link dissecting the VP8 codec and determining it to be bad:

    http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/?p=377

  3. Re:Hmmm... by bonch · · Score: -1, Redundant

    VP8 doesn't even hold up against H.264.