Thread: google's vp8 opensourced!!
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-05-19 , 21:55
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#19
Originally Posted by Bundyo View Post
Maybe the VP8 support in OMAP3 will be hardware assisted only, not fully accelerated. Anyway the two codecs share some similarities after all.
There's no actual -hardware- for h.264 in the OMAP3. All accelerated codecs on OMAP3 platforms employ both NEON instructions and the onboard DSP.

DSPs with a custom bit of codec software are much cheaper than manufacturing codec-specific silicon, and allow for runtime customization of the encode/decode.

Is it because Google wants full control over it and to perpuate the FUD that OGG maybe, might but not really has patent claims?
Perhaps it is because VP3 is extremely lacking? In any case, Google with VP8 is no worse licensing wise (better, even) than h.264 and they're tossing a wrench in the MPEG-LA's works. And chances are Theora does have patent issues. Pretty much everything does.
Last edited by wmarone; 2010-05-19 at 21:57.
 

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