On2 has a NEW codec which they claim has better play back &

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:12 pm

On2 states this new codec can copress DVD quality video at 780kbs and can run a analog VHS signal at 500kbs with little degridation. The VP6 Simple Profile encoding plays back HD resolution on a PC and 3/4 HDTV on Equator's 405 MHz BSP. "VP6 beat H.264, Windows Media 9 and Real Networks 9 in PSNR comparisons using the standard set of MPEG-2 test clips. The codec looks better than Windows Media 9, shows far less motion artifacts than Windows Media 9, and maintains more texture and detail than Real 9 or H.264."(from On2s' Press Release) You can find samples of video compresed with this codec here, and you can down load the Personal use license version which can not be used for commercial purposes here, the codec has no feature restrictions and is compatible with VFW-compliant video processing applications. This is just heads up on this codec, which for all I know dosn't follow any of these claims 100%......but it does look awsome; I'm going to play around with it tonight.