On2 Technologies Inc. will be releasing the Hantro 8190 video decoder chip for use in mobile phones and devices. The On2 announcement says the Hantro 8190 will support the Adobe Flash video format, H.263, H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark and VP6 codecs.

They specifically mention video-conferencing as one of the supported applications, however it is unclear whether the chip will also be able to encode the outgoing video.

The Hantro 8190 is supposed to be powerful enough to decode full 1080p HD resolution video at 30 fps using a 165MHz low-power CPU.

On2 VP6 codecs play a big part in videoconferencing via their use in Skype Video and Adobe Acrobat Connect. Perhaps this new chip will help On2 enjoy the same ubiquity in emerging mobile videoconferencing platforms.

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