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NoLogo
9th June 2002, 00:26
Just asking this 'cause On2 pretends this is (could ?) be the best codec on earth...

Well, when i see what RV9 does (which is based on VP4 - correct me if i'm wrong...), i think this may not only be a marketing announce, but a little true too.

The last multi-codecs comparison from Doom9 only considered VP4, and there seems to be some difficulties to find On2 Pro Encoder 4.0, so my questions are:
1) has anybody here tested VP5 ?
2) does anybody know where the encoder can be find ?

Regards
NoLogo
Doom9
9th June 2002, 01:19
on2 won't talk to me anymore :(

considering that it was already hard to get vp4 I doubt you'll find anybody who can test it properly. And the people having access cannot talk about it publicly...
NoLogo
9th June 2002, 07:20
Ok, i understand...
But that's a shame, how do they want to make peple use it then ?
Maybe i'm too stupid :)

Regards
NoLogo
Doom9
9th June 2002, 13:10
they want just commercial users.. large corporations who want to stream video via their servers... Even vp4 wasn't (and still isn't) readily available for "normal" users...
Latexxx
10th June 2002, 08:54
Originally posted by NoLogo
Well, when i see what RV9 does (which is based on VP4 - correct me if i'm wrong...)


I think it isn't. Why should real dump their own encoding methods which were good. Have you seen lord of the rings trailer encoded in real 8 @ 1000 b ? People just says it is vp4, because almost on the same time that real announced real9 on2 said that they have licended vp4 for real. I only think that this means just an option to view vp4 files using real player. And just one thing: Real 9 relies very heavily on postprocessing like older real codecs, but vp3 doesn't do postprocessing at all or it is very small.
C0mPr355
11th June 2002, 04:12
I hate IE 6 btw...more to write later...trying to fix this bug.
NoLogo
11th June 2002, 23:39
OK, thanx to everybody for the answers, I understand now why i was able to find the encoder.
I just wrote to ON2, and the only thing they can do for me is to encode my videos for me (with my bitrate and resolution) and send me a betaSP tape (what the hell is this ? VHS ? DV ?) back...
Well, i guess i won't be able to test this codec...
No matter, XviD or RV9 are enough for me :)
Then, bye everybody, time for holidays :)

Regards
NoLogo
raistlin2k
12th June 2002, 07:59
BetaSP is a studio-system for storage of videos.
You will need a lot of money for buying such a machine:sly:

Raist