Somewhat; there are certainly basic techniques that can be applied to VP8. The code will have nothing whatsoever in common with Theora; Theora itself no longer has a single line of code in common with the original VP3.
There will of course be new codecs past VP8 (Tim's been planning for a long time, just like I've been planning for Ghost for a long time). It's unlikely any code will survive in the end, though we generall favor an incremental approach that swaps things out for new techniques piece by piece.
Re: Reuse code
Date: 2010-06-08 01:28 pm (UTC)There will of course be new codecs past VP8 (Tim's been planning for a long time, just like I've been planning for Ghost for a long time). It's unlikely any code will survive in the end, though we generall favor an incremental approach that swaps things out for new techniques piece by piece.