The purpose was the acquiring of On2's video compressing and encoding technology known as VP8.

Google此举的目的在于得到On2的视频压缩与编码技术，即我们所熟知的VP8。

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Insiders reckon VP8 USES only half the bandwidth of H.264 while delivering an even better picture.

内部人士认为VP8只使用了H . 264一半的频宽，却播放出更优质的画面。

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There are, however, rumors that VP8 might infringe on some of the H264 patents, so stay up to date.

然而，传言vp8可能侵害一些H264专利，故总是保持最新更新。

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It further provides for sublicensing those VP8 techniques in one next-generation VPx video codec.

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Google says it did due diligence on the VP8 format and believes it does not violate patents.

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As a result of the agreements, MPEG LA will discontinue its effort to form a VP8 patent pool.

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