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Google juices VP8 open source video codec

• Kudos 16y ago
  The codec is still exactly the same, they released a new SDK.
  • ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    People use the word "codec" to mean a few different things, but both the encoder and decoder parts of libvpx have been improved in terms of speed, quality and number of bugs and released as new versions as part of this SDK. It's still bitstream compatible with previous versions, but I think saying the codec is the same is misleading.
    • natrius 16y ago
      It's not just misleading. It's wrong.
      • kkowalczyk 16y ago
        Codec = coder/decoder = piece of software that does encoding/decoding. You can also call it an SDK if you please. Format = specification e.g. h264, png, vp8. Google released a new codec (or, pedantically, an improved version of the codec, but I don't want to get into philosophical debate whether Firefox 3 is "new" or "the same" wrt. Firefox 2). Therefore "Google juices VP8 open source video codec" is perfectly accurate.
        • natrius 16y ago
          Your tone sounds like you disagree with me, but your words make the same point I did. I was saying that Kudos is wrong in claiming that the codec isn't different from the old version.
        • Locke1689 16y ago
          You can't call a codec an SDK. You're also wrong about the definition of codec. There are plenty of hardware codecs, thus not falling in the category of "Software Development Kit." It just so happens that they did bundle the new codec with a new SDK, though.