VP8 Video Codec

VP8 is a video codec that was announced by On2 Technologies in September 2008, and Google has been its owner since 2010. The main advantage of the VP8 video codec is that it is free from royalties on compression algorithms and distributed under a free license. Moreover, VP8 is not inferior in quality to the H.264 video codec and is actively developed by experts around the world.

Features and benefits:

• Free video codec.
• The most advanced compression algorithms.
• Increased resistance to frame loss.
• High-speed video decoding.
• Easy to implement on hardware platforms.
• Multipurpose: it is used in video conferencing, video broadcasting, and recording from mobile devices.

VP8 Video Codec in Video Conferencing

TrueConf, a video conferencing systems developer, conducted studies that showed the superiority of the VP8 video codec over all analogues used in video conferencing. As a result, TrueConf made VP8 the default video codec in all of its solutions since 2010.

In 2012, TrueConf implemented scalable video coding technology (SVC), based on the VP8 codec, which was previously available only as an extension for the H.264 video codec. SVC technology allows adjusting video stream characteristics such as frame rate, resolution, and compression without re-encoding.