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VLC 1.1.0-RC builds with VP8 support
- biafra 16y ago32bit Windows only.
- jbk 16y agoOS X will follow...
- ck2 16y agoWow, when the community wants alternatives, they really don't waste time. I wonder if the $100 TV boxes out there (WD TV, etc.) could ever be programmed to support VP8 or if it needs hardware support, just firmware won't do?
- vetinari 16y agoSadly no, because decoding is offloaded to dedicated hardware. Heck, WD TV (v1) still does not support DTS, although hardware is able to decode it.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoProbably depends on the idiosyncrasies of the individual items e.g. ones that already support VP6, Matroska and Vorbis would be a better bet than ones that stick closer to the MPEG family of standards and whether they've ever added a new codec or codec profile in a previous firmware update. Vorbis, despite never really hitting the bigtime seems to be present as a default on all the cheap "mp3" players, even when the don't mention it on the box, so with Google's weight behind it I think it'll be in all of the next generation of similar products.
- kierank 16y agoAny media box worth its while will support Matroska for semi-obvious reasons so it shouldn't be grouped with VP6 and Vorbis, which are much less likely to be supported.
- spoiledtechie 16y agoYou have to applaud VLC. I absolutely love their player. Long gone are the days where one must keep downloading new codecs. I just deleted my codec collection and had about 50 codecs in one directory. They have definitely made my life easier and happier.