[webcast-l] VP3.com : On2 Technologies VP3.2 Open Source Project

[Bill Best]

Hi

Found this recently:

"VP3 is the world's most efficient, open source video codec to date. 
With VP3, there are no platform limitations and developers are not 
required to pay the restrictive license fees that other open source 
codecs make mandatory. Unlike other open source, or standards based 
video codecs, VP3 allows for the highest quality video, at the lowest 
possible data rates while still retaining the video's full frame-rate. 
The result is a clear 320x240 video that can be expanded to a 
full-screen 640x480 resolution. The power of this codec has been 
validated by the fact that it has been licensed by both RealNetworks and 
Apple for their internet video players.

VP3 is designed to produce high quality video that is highly compressed 
and yet easily played back on today's computers. Movies of varying 
screen dimensions can be encoded at different datarates and played back 
efficiently on a number of different platforms. It can be streamed 
efficiently over the web, or played off of a local disk drive, compact 
disc or digital video disk. Applications for this technology include 
video electronic mail, video web broadcasting, videoconferencing, video 
games, medical imaging, and digital VCRs.

The VP3 codec was originally only available through On2's proprietary 
TrueMotion architecture, but is now being made available for some other 
environments. Apple announced that the VP3 codec will be available in 
QuickTime 5 as a component download."

http://www.vp3.com/