Open letter to Google: free VP8, and use it on YouTube

http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/google-free-on2-vp8-for-youtube/

 

Report: Google to open source VP8 video codec

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Report-Google-to-open-source-VP8-video-codec-976216.html

 

Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video

http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/google-to-open-source-vp8-for-html5-video/

 

In layman's terms this is good because ....

Can you give me a real world application, what's it going to change, make better, etc?

TIA!

Ah, think I got it from the open letter..

 

A real world application is.. less Flash, or no Flash.
It's a codec aimed at being used with HTML5, and this being true (the story), free/open source and patent free.
This means it can be widely deployed, with no licensing worries, hopefully well supported by all browsers, OS's, 32 bit, 64 bit and so on

 

Thanks, all this as long as they use it for ALL of us, not just a bargaining tool...hope they do the "right thing"!

 

Theora Development Continues Apace, VP8 Now Open Source

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/0...velopment-Continues-Apace-VP8-Now-Open-Source

 

Im hoping more and more companies will make use of html video
cant wait to get rid of flash player.

 

It will probably still have its uses, but at least for videos now there's another way, hopefully widely used in the future.
The disadvantage is you won't be able to boil eggs on your laptop while on youtube. Huge time saver.

 

less browser crashes and one less security hole is the main advantages of getting rid of flash imo.

 

WebM applauded but doubts persist

 

MPEG-LA Considering Patent Pool For VP8/WebM
Google backs open codec against patent trolls