Ric_NYC
April 12th, 2010, 04:50 PM
Google is funding development of Theorarm, a Theora video decoder for ARM processors. The funding, in the form of a grant, has allowed Robin Watts, the UK based Theorarm developer, to release the previously GPL licensed project under the same BSD license as other Theora code. Details of the funding came in a post by Watts on the Google Open Source Blog.
Theorarm has been optimised for ARM processors with an eye on making it as efficient as possible. ARM processors are found in many battery powered mobile devices and the more efficient video playback is, the less power consumed, resulting in longer battery life. Theorarm can run on ARM4 processors, but can benefit from later revisions of the ARM line. Watts says that Google's grant is helping to "hasten the day when video works everywhere on the web, for everyone".
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-funding-ARM-optimised-version-of-Theora-975381.html
Google Puts Weight Behind Theora on Mobile
This, people, is a big one. Remember all the articles we had on Theora, H264, and which codec is better suited for HTML5 video? Well, it seems that Google has officially decided to put some serious weight behind... Theora. What they're doing is a baby step, but one specific aspect of that baby step is very important: Google is openly stating that Theora is free of patents.
Google has decided to puts its weight behind Theorarm, an Ogg Theora/Vorbis decoding library specifically optimised towards the ARM platform. Google will fund Theorarm's development in what is clearly an effort by the search and web giant to take away people's fears about mobile devices not being able to handle Theora.
In the blog post announcing the financial support, Google sings praise for Theora. "The complexity of Theora is considerably less than that of many of its peers; other codecs often require dedicated hardware in devices to help achieve performance targets, but with careful coding Theora can be made to run without this," Google writes.
After praising Theora's quality and compression levels, Google states in no uncertain terms that Theora is patent free. "The overwhelming feature that makes it stand out from its rivals is the fact it's free," the company writes, "Really free. Not just 'free to use in decoders', or 'free to use if you agree to this complicated license agreement', but really, honestly, genuinely, 100% free. The specification for the stream and encoder/decoder source is available for public download and can be freely used/modified by anyone. Theora was designed and is maintained with the overriding goal of avoiding patents. No other codec can come even close to claiming to be as patent or royalty free as Theora can, whilst still holding a candle to the alternatives."
http://www.osnews.com/story/23135/Google_Puts_Weight_Behind_Theora_on_Mobile
Theorarm has been optimised for ARM processors with an eye on making it as efficient as possible. ARM processors are found in many battery powered mobile devices and the more efficient video playback is, the less power consumed, resulting in longer battery life. Theorarm can run on ARM4 processors, but can benefit from later revisions of the ARM line. Watts says that Google's grant is helping to "hasten the day when video works everywhere on the web, for everyone".
...
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-funding-ARM-optimised-version-of-Theora-975381.html
Google Puts Weight Behind Theora on Mobile
This, people, is a big one. Remember all the articles we had on Theora, H264, and which codec is better suited for HTML5 video? Well, it seems that Google has officially decided to put some serious weight behind... Theora. What they're doing is a baby step, but one specific aspect of that baby step is very important: Google is openly stating that Theora is free of patents.
Google has decided to puts its weight behind Theorarm, an Ogg Theora/Vorbis decoding library specifically optimised towards the ARM platform. Google will fund Theorarm's development in what is clearly an effort by the search and web giant to take away people's fears about mobile devices not being able to handle Theora.
In the blog post announcing the financial support, Google sings praise for Theora. "The complexity of Theora is considerably less than that of many of its peers; other codecs often require dedicated hardware in devices to help achieve performance targets, but with careful coding Theora can be made to run without this," Google writes.
After praising Theora's quality and compression levels, Google states in no uncertain terms that Theora is patent free. "The overwhelming feature that makes it stand out from its rivals is the fact it's free," the company writes, "Really free. Not just 'free to use in decoders', or 'free to use if you agree to this complicated license agreement', but really, honestly, genuinely, 100% free. The specification for the stream and encoder/decoder source is available for public download and can be freely used/modified by anyone. Theora was designed and is maintained with the overriding goal of avoiding patents. No other codec can come even close to claiming to be as patent or royalty free as Theora can, whilst still holding a candle to the alternatives."
http://www.osnews.com/story/23135/Google_Puts_Weight_Behind_Theora_on_Mobile