VP6 in Flash was always delivered losslessly over TCP, and never used for video capture in Flash. Skype is what makes VP8's shortcomings (for video chat) even m

VP6 in Flash was always delivered losslessly over TCP, and never used for video capture in Flash. Skype is what makes VP8's shortcomings (for video chat) even more interesting, but On2's codecs show a very clear evolutionary path even from VP3. My guess is they didn't want to deviate too much from what was tried-and-true. Doesn't change my opinion, though -- I think it's more the case of "Well, this works well enough for video chat, if you also do this and that" rather than "We designed this from the ground-up for low-latency, unreliable operation."