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Old 2nd September 2015, 11:47   #2  |  Link
BadFrame
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This is certainly a big 'Wow!'

By pooling the video patents they have between them they should be able to create a strong contender for HEVC, particularly since Google has laid a lot of groundwork with their VP series of codecs.

And of course unlike HEVC this will be royalty free and with the Windows desktop and the Android mobile support it will cover the vast majority of users, assuming that Apple doesn't turn around and support this as well, then it will likely be THE video standard.

Now that it's official I'd love to hear if Ben Waggoner can fill in some more info as he works for one of the companies in the alliance (Amazon).

Also another big question is of course how big a blow this is for HEVC's future prospects (and particularly x265 as that's the project I worry about), it was already bad with the patent pool split, creating the situation of having to pay royalties to two different entities, one of them with huge demands. And now this.
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