GOOGLE’S ROYALTY-FREE VP8 CODEC – A MOVE FORWARD

By on May 19 2010
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Google made some interesting news today when they announced their VP8 codec (acquired from On2 last year) will be the source of a new open and royalty-free video format they’re spearheading, known as WebM. As a leader in visual computing, NVIDIA is always looking to enable users with the best video experiences, whether it’s creating, viewing or broadcasting. We support Google’s efforts to drive broad adoption of the VP8 codec and new WebM format. To learn more about WebM, check this out:  www.webmproject.org

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  • Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    That means you will add support for hardware decoding on the GPU in future driver updates?

  • ad

    what does “we support” mean when there is no evidence of support

  • DigitalFreedom

    Awesome! This is huge news, it’s great to see Google did this to keep internet freedom with free and open video standard. Can’t wait to see hardware support for VP8 in NVIDIA drivers and products.

  • http://ramonantonio.net/ Ramon Antonio

    As Linux user I say, we are waiting for optimized drivers. Yep, I know you still didn’t announced Windows optimized drivers but we know each other for a long time.

  • http://ramonantonio.net/ Ramon Antonio

    As Linux user I say, we are waiting for REAL OPTIMIZED drivers. Yep, I know you still didn’t announced buggy Linux drivers but we know each other for a long time.

  • http://profile.typepad.com/6p0120a5b38f07970c Tony Tamasi

    Thanks @Hamlet we’re certainly endorsing Google’s move to make a good codec (VP8) freely available for developers and their encouragement of the new WebM effort. GPUs play a major role in enabling video for creative professionals and consumers as well as improving the way video is enjoyed across a wide variety of devices, so we’re glad to see progress like this. However, we’re not making any specific announcement of NVIDIA hardware support of VP8.

  • Cen-Sin

    Free and open without DRM would be even better.

  • Serge Fateeff

    FIX YOUR DRIVERS FIRST!!! YOU BROKE 24000/1001 DISPLAY FREQUENCY TIMINGS IN VISTA AND WIN7!! HOE YOU SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANY BUSINESS IF YOU BROKE BASIC FUNCTION OF YOUR PRODUCTS? HOW YOU SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANY BUSINESS IF YOU ВЩТЭЕ LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS? YOU BUILT A WALL BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CUSTOMERS SO THERE IS NO PLACE TO FEEDBACK!