Google Is Being Sued over VP8 and H.264

Google Is Being Sued over VP8 and H.264

Max Sound Corporation and VLS claim Google stole ideas from one of their patents and incorporated it the codecs

WebRTC Meeting Fails to Set Default Codec as Google's VP8 and H.264 Battle It Out

WebRTC Meeting Fails to Set Default Codec as Google's VP8 and H.264 Battle It Out

The IETF is trying to pick a default codec for WebRTC

In WebRTC Fight, Google Is Sticking to Its Own VP8 Codec Despite Open Source H.264

In WebRTC Fight, Google Is Sticking to Its Own VP8 Codec Despite Open Source H.264

A big fight between Google and pretty much everyone else is brewing

H.264 and Google's VP8 to Battle over WebRTC Next Week

H.264 and Google's VP8 to Battle over WebRTC Next Week

The IEFT is deciding which codec to be the default in the WebRTC standard

Mozilla Announces Next-Generation Video Codec to Leapfrog Google's VP9 and H.265

Mozilla Announces Next-Generation Video Codec to Leapfrog Google's VP9 and H.265

The browser maker has started working on Daala, a new, fully open video codec

Google Hangouts Goes HD Thanks to the Open VP8 Codec

Google Hangouts Goes HD Thanks to the Open VP8 Codec

The company is also planning to switch to WebRTC eventually

YouTube Will Support Google's Next-Generation Video Codec VP9

YouTube Will Support Google's Next-Generation Video Codec VP9

Google is very close to a final spec for VP9, to be completed by June 17

Nokia Wants to Get Paid for Google's VP8 Video Codec

Nokia Wants to Get Paid for Google's VP8 Video Codec

The troubled phone maker has patents and it's not afraid to use them

Google Ensures the Future and Freedom of the VP8 Video Codec with Patent Deal

Google Ensures the Future and Freedom of the VP8 Video Codec with Patent Deal

No one using or modifying VP8 will be threatened with legal action

  • Web Blog
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 28th, 2012
Chrome Adds Support for the Next-Generation VP9 Video Codec and Mozilla's Opus Audio

Chrome Adds Support for the Next-Generation VP9 Video Codec and Mozilla's Opus Audio

Nobody uses VP8, but Google is already working on its successor

Download Opera 10.60 Final, 50% Faster than Opera 10.50

Download Opera 10.60 Final, 50% Faster than Opera 10.50

Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

FFmpeg 0.6 Has Support for VP8, WebM, HTML5

FFmpeg 0.6 Has Support for VP8, WebM, HTML5

Now with faster H.264 and Theora decoders

 
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