<s>
On2	B-Application
TrueMotion	B-Application
VP6	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
lossy	B-Algorithm
video	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
format	I-Algorithm
and	O
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
TrueMotion	B-Application
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
video	B-Application
codecs	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
On2	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
codec	O
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Video	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
JavaFX	B-Application
media	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
codec	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2003	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
officially	O
released	O
its	O
TrueMotion	B-Application
VP6	B-Algorithm
codec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2003	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
had	O
been	O
chosen	O
as	O
a	O
codec	O
for	O
China	O
's	O
Enhanced	O
Versatile	O
Disc	O
(	O
EVD	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
competitor	O
format	O
to	O
DVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beijing-based	O
company	O
E-World	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
exclusive	O
reseller	O
of	O
the	O
EVD	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
technology	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
with	O
On2	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
earning	O
royalty	O
payments	O
of	O
about	O
$2	O
USD	O
per	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
On2	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
negotiations	O
with	O
E-World	O
had	O
broken	O
down	O
and	O
that	O
On2	B-Application
would	O
file	O
multiple	O
breach	O
of	O
contract	O
claims	O
against	O
E-World	O
in	O
arbitration	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
arbitrator	O
had	O
dismissed	O
all	O
of	O
On2	B-Application
's	O
claims	O
and	O
had	O
decided	O
that	O
E-World	O
owed	O
nothing	O
to	O
On2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
E-World	O
included	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
to	O
its	O
EVD	O
standardization	O
proposal	O
to	O
the	O
Chinese	O
government	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
clear	O
what	O
,	O
if	O
any	O
,	O
action	O
was	O
then	O
taken	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2003	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
codec	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
products	O
for	O
broadcasting	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
with	O
BBC	O
reporters	O
and	O
QuickLink	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2005	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
new	O
VP7	O
codec	O
with	O
better	O
compression	O
capabilities	O
than	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
On2	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
licensed	O
On2	B-Application
Video	B-Application
Codec	I-Application
(	O
including	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
and	O
VP7	O
)	O
for	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
selected	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
as	O
the	O
flagship	O
new	O
codec	O
for	O
video	O
playback	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
decoder	O
(	O
libvp62	O
)	O
appeared	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
driven	O
underground	O
by	O
On2	B-Application
on	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
claims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
decoder	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
libavcodec	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VP6	B-Algorithm
decoder	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
stable	O
version	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
0.5	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
claims	O
that	O
producing	O
or	O
dealing	O
with	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
video	O
streams	O
inside	O
libavcodec/libavformat	O
is	O
discouraged	O
and/or	O
refused	O
due	O
to	O
clashes	O
between	O
the	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
's	O
developers	O
and	O
On2	B-Application
technologies	I-Application
by	O
a	O
claim	O
of	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
and	O
Trade	O
Secrets	O
Infringement	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
corporation	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
announced	O
it	O
had	O
licensed	O
On2	B-Application
TrueMotion	B-Application
codecs	O
to	O
add	O
video	O
capabilities	O
to	O
JavaFX	B-Application
,	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
products	O
for	O
creating	O
Rich	O
Internet	O
Applications	O
(	O
RIAs	O
)	O
across	O
Mobile	O
,	O
Desktop	O
,	O
TV	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JavaFX	B-Application
uses	O
On2	B-Application
VP6	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
incarnations	O
of	O
this	O
codec	O
are	O
VP7	O
,	O
VP8	B-Algorithm
and	O
VP9	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Google	O
acquisition	O
of	O
On2	B-Application
,	O
VP8	B-Algorithm
is	O
licensed	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
such	O
as	O
VP6	B-Algorithm
remain	O
unsupported	O
.	O
</s>
