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On2’s VP8 Page

[A demo or two, and some more information on a codec we’ll be hearing a lot about for awhile][link]. They’ve got some big claims on [decode speed][decode], and say that they’ve paid special attention to the ARM processor- the same processor used in the iPhone. While that’s nice, I wouldn’t hold my breath for software decoding of VP8 on iPhone.

It looks like the On2 pages haven’t been updated in quite some time, though, so this information could be outdated. I imagine Google will have it’s own tech page shortly.

[link]: http://www.on2.com/index.php?599 “On2 video – Making Video Possible”
[decode]: http://www.on2.com/index.php?605 “VP8 Decode Speed”

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Dive Into HTML5: Video

[Mark Pilgrim dives in to HTML5 video, and swims around][link]. This is essential reading for web developers.

[link]: http://diveintohtml5.org/video.html “Video on the Web – Dive Into HTML5”

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Ian Hickson on Codecs for

[Mozilla won’t support H.264, Apple won’t support Ogg, Google will support both, and Microsoft won’t say][link]. Doubt this will change anytime soon, which really makes me sad.

[link]: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-June/020620.html “[whatwg] Codecs for audio and video”