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Note that BPG is based on HEVC still frames, and may be more patent-emcubered than current alternatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Portable_Graphics

by tux3 11y ago

Note that BPG is based on HEVC still frames, and may be more patent-emcubered than current alternatives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Portable_Graphics#Patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Portable_Graphics#Paten...

Ace17 11y ago
Why not another BPG-like based on VP9, then?
- IshKebab 11y ago
  That's basically what WebP is.
  - JoshTriplett 11y ago
    As far as I know, WebP still uses VP8, not VP9.
    - TD-Linux 11y ago
      Which is a shame, because it could have big a big leap over JPEG instead of a sidegrade if they had waited a bit.
- ZeroGravitas 11y ago
  I think one based on VP10 is a possibility, since the Alliance for Open Media now includes all major browser makers except Apple, and a bunch of big websites. Currently the members seem to be working on converging VP10, Daala and Thor tech in the video realm but I'd guess images might be on their radar too.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
  Looks like FLIF can do animations as well. http://flif.info/animation.html http://flif.info/animation.html
  - jason_s 11y ago
    FLIF is encumbered by GPL which means it's not going to make it into any digital cameras.
    - jaredcheeda 11y ago
      The first official version of FLIF has not been released yet, and currently they are discussing releasing it under Apache 2 or MPL (Mozilla Public License).
      - ksec 11y ago
        Please Not MPL. Apache 2, so most company could understand, MPL they will have to spend a lot more time evaluating it. And I dont know of any popular project that uses MPL apart from Mozilla Firefox.
        jonsneyers 11y ago
        We are probably going to change to Apache2 for the decoder, LGPLv3+ for the encoder.
        jabl 11y ago
        LibreOffice? Eigen (perhaps not "popular" unless you're interested in doing linear algebra with C++.. :-/ )? Surely there are others as well.. If you want a weak copyleft license, IMHO MPL-2.0 is about the best available at the moment, and relatively easy to follow.
      - jason_s 11y ago
        oh, good! :-)
lallysingh 11y ago
Patents were my first thought when reading the OP. Any media format discussion without IP is fairly meaningless.
seba_dos1 11y ago
"Why BPG won't replace GIFs and not only"

by tux3 11y ago

Ace17 11y ago

Why not another BPG-like based on VP9, then?

IshKebab 11y ago
That's basically what WebP is.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago
  As far as I know, WebP still uses VP8, not VP9.
  - TD-Linux 11y ago
    Which is a shame, because it could have big a big leap over JPEG instead of a sidegrade if they had waited a bit.
ZeroGravitas 11y ago
I think one based on VP10 is a possibility, since the Alliance for Open Media now includes all major browser makers except Apple, and a bunch of big websites. Currently the members seem to be working on converging VP10, Daala and Thor tech in the video realm but I'd guess images might be on their radar too.
fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
Looks like FLIF can do animations as well. http://flif.info/animation.html http://flif.info/animation.html
- jason_s 11y ago
  FLIF is encumbered by GPL which means it's not going to make it into any digital cameras.
  - jaredcheeda 11y ago
    The first official version of FLIF has not been released yet, and currently they are discussing releasing it under Apache 2 or MPL (Mozilla Public License).
    - ksec 11y ago
      Please Not MPL. Apache 2, so most company could understand, MPL they will have to spend a lot more time evaluating it. And I dont know of any popular project that uses MPL apart from Mozilla Firefox.
      - jonsneyers 11y ago
        We are probably going to change to Apache2 for the decoder, LGPLv3+ for the encoder.
      - jabl 11y ago
        LibreOffice? Eigen (perhaps not "popular" unless you're interested in doing linear algebra with C++.. :-/ )? Surely there are others as well.. If you want a weak copyleft license, IMHO MPL-2.0 is about the best available at the moment, and relatively easy to follow.
    - jason_s 11y ago
      oh, good! :-)

lallysingh 11y ago

Patents were my first thought when reading the OP. Any media format discussion without IP is fairly meaningless.

seba_dos1 11y ago

"Why BPG won't replace GIFs and not only"