[MPlayer-dev-eng] VP3 license change

[Daniel B. Miller]

We believe it is better today, and the potential is there for it to be
significantly better.  For instance, we don't yet have a 2-pass
encoder.

DivX is closed-source, proprietary software, just
like Real or Microsoft.  VP3 is now completely open-source, including
patent issues as covered under GPL, so we expect to see some serious
hacking on it to improve it.  We will soon be releasing our own PVR
application (VpVision), which integrates VP3 with Vorbis audio for
real-time recording.  I'll make an announcement here when that project
launches.

BTW we are actively looking for contributing developers.  If interested,
pls contact me (dan at on2.com) - thanks


> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:38:13 -0500
> To: mplayer-dev-eng at mplayer.dev.hu
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] VP3 license change
> From: "Brian J. Murrell" <09fa93ddc6bfc9a4b53b585474f7d41e at interlinx.bc.ca>
> Reply-To: mplayer-dev-eng at mplayerhq.hu
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> On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 01:33:33PM -0700, Mike Melanson wrote:
> >=20
> > 	...which means code can be ripped and distributed in a GPL app
> > (which MPlayer is supposed to be). This is great news. I may do just that.
> > I'm still working on writing that data format description and in the
> > process, I've noticed how plausible it would be to rip certain pieces of
> > the VP3 codec out of the source and drop them into MPlayer. I avoided
> > doing that, though, because of potential licensing conflicts.
>
> Would anyone care to comment on VP3 vs. other formats; perhaps Divx or
> MPEG4?  Is it likely that I could get better quality at a given
> bitrate with VP3 than any existing codec?
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> If VP3 is indeed better than divx (which IIRC is what mencoder is
> encoding to) I would like to be able to encode to VP3 for my PVR
> rather than divx.
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> b.
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> Brian J. Murrell
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