It further provides for sublicensing those VP8 techniques in one next-generation VPx video codec.
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Apple is missing because it put its full support behind another video codec, H.264.
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"RealNetworks is pleased Intel has agreed to acquire our next generation video codec software and team, " said Nielsen.
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The two companies also agreed to collaborate on future support and development of the video codec software and related products.
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"We look forward to working with Intel to support the development of the next-generation video codec software and to expanding our relationship into new products and markets, " said Nielsen.
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RealNetworks does not anticipate that the sale of the approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications and next generation video codec software will have any material impact on its businesses.
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They use an MPEG-4 video codec to keep the file size down, but either way you're still going to need a mighty Memory Stick to store all those extra clips you'll be recording.
One of the biggest issues dividing the big tech companies (other than how to make money, or avoid losing money, on all of this) is which video codec(s) will be supported by the standard.
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In addition to the sale of the patents and next-generation video codec software, RealNetworks and Intel signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on future support and development of the next-generation video codec software and related products.
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Larry explains that they move Google Video to a common codec format, to prevent frustrating video problems without committing to a proprietary format or a business partnership to do so.
Vidyo's technology is able to optimize the user's video experience to reduce latency with H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC), an adaptive codec that can ensure a more reliable video experience on best-effort networks.
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Unencrypted Blu-Rays will work in the native player (with the right decoder) and several improvements have been made to video playback and the bundled codec library.
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Additionally, the TL34HD utilizes H.264 compression, a codec for high definition video that has become an industry standard and which yields three times the recording length than of MPEG4.
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The camera also utilizes H.264 compression, an advanced codec that allows users to record video for longer periods of time.
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But hackers have found that when the codec is fed with high quality video from a DVD disc, it produces files that are much smaller than the original but are still watchable.
Google has proposed its VP8 codec, a program that codes and decodes video, be a core part of WebM.
Aside from the possible patent issues, this codec bothers Apple for other reasons, according to web video experts.
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The delivery of UltraHD TV requires a more efficient compression codec made possible by the use of the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard.
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This has been done with thousands of the patents involved in the H.264 video encoding format, so that operating system makers wishing to make use of the codec pay a 20 cent (13p) charge per sale to cover the rights-holders claims without having to negotiate with each one.
The heart of "Metal Gear Solid" is a really great story told via information gleaned from other characters on the Codec and by watching the game's numerous FMV (full-motion-video) segments.
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Sharing and editing video clips is also easier than ever, as the D3100 records movies in the versatile H.264 AVCHD codec (.mov file).
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