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TrueMotion VP6 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3 and VP5. The VP6 codec has been used in products for broadcasting in the field, such as with BBC reporters and QuickLink software. A video codec is a device or software module that enables the use of compression for digital video. ... On2 Technologies is the developer behind the VP5 and VP6 codecs powering the video part of the Chinese-developed competitor to DVD, the EVD (Enhanced Versatile Disc). ... VP3 was originally a proprietary video codec developed by On2 Technologies. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...


In November of 2003, On2 announced that VP6 had been chosen as a codec for China's Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), a competitor format to DVD. Beijing-based company E-World was to be the exclusive reseller of the EVD VP6 technology in China, with On2 Technologies earning royalty payments of about $2 USD per player. Then in April of 2004 On2 announced that negotiations with E-World had broken down and that On2 would file multiple breach of contract claims against E-World in arbitration proceedings. In March of 2005, On2 announced that the arbitrator had dismissed all of On2's claims and had decided that E-World owed nothing to On2. Although E-World included VP6 to its EVD standardization proposal to the Chinese government, it is not clear what, if any, action was then taken by the government. The EVD format initiative appears to be indefinitely stalled. The Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) was announced on November 18, 2003 by Chinas Xinhua news agency as a response to the popular DVD Video format and its licensing costs (which some considered excessive). ... The official DVD logo. ... (help· info) (IPA pei˩ tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...


In January 2005, On2 announced a new VP7 codec with better compression capabilities than VP6. TrueMotion VP7 is video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3, VP5 and TrueMotion VP6 It was announced in January 2005, with better compression capabilities than VP6. ...


In August 2005, Macromedia announced they had selected VP6 as the flagship new codec for video playback in the new Flash Player 8. Macromedia (formerly NASDAQ: MACR) was a graphics and web development software house. ... Macromedia Flash or Flash is a graphics animation program, written and marketed by Macromedia, that uses vector graphics. ...


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Theora is a video codec being developed by the Xiph. ... VP3 was originally a proprietary video codec developed by On2 Technologies. ... TrueMotion VP7 is video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3, VP5 and TrueMotion VP6 It was announced in January 2005, with better compression capabilities than VP6. ...

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VP6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (272 words)
TrueMotion VP6 is a video codec developed by On2 Technologies as a successor to earlier efforts such as VP3 and VP5.
The VP6 codec has been used in products for broadcasting in the field, such as with BBC reporters and QuickLink software.
In November of 2003, On2 announced that VP6 had been chosen as a codec for China's Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), a competitor format to DVD.
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