Friday, August 5, 2011

Skype adopts VP8

The Skype VoIP service that is recently bought by Microsoft, is assuming the position of VP8 encoder supporter, filed by Google last year. Must be the first time the technology is used in mass by a large software manufacturer. Maybe you're taking advantage of the VP8 without knowing even as the encoder is present in the latest version of Skype.


Put simply, the VP8 is the technology used to compress the images captured with the webcam on the computer. The smaller the file transmitted packets, the better the coder (encoder). However, one must take into account the quality of transmitted images - no point in not having an encoder that delivers super powerful images that look like blobs created with the Blur tool in Photoshop.

VP8 Skype is version 5.5 of the application is available for those who have Windows on your PC. Its use is automatic, but depends on the speaker (or speakers) also have Skype 5.5 for Windows installed. VP8 works in video call to a single person or video conference, when more than one contact involved. In this case, it is necessary that all the contacts connected to the chat using the latest version of Skype.

Gaining weight as a backer of Skype, it may be that Google has found a way to take off your decoder. VP8 is part of the WebM, led by the search giant, which aims to create protocols and technologies that make the web faster and more open. The pattern of images. WebP is their creation.