At the Party Down office, Ron Donald (Ken Marino) is ecstatic. The gig is at a sleek, glass-walled San Jose penthouse for a company called "Codex Futura." Henry (Adam Scott) reads the client notes: "The 'LibVPX' unveiling. Very exclusive. High net worth individuals." Ron’s eyes water with patriotic-corporate pride. "A new video codec? This is the Oscars of compression algorithms!" Kyle (Ryan Hansen) asks if the guests will be "hot, rich, and loose." Roman (Martin Starr) sneers, "It's a bunch of neckbeards arguing about bitrate. It’s my nightmare and my natural habitat."
Radio plays: "Are you having a party? Let us be the ones who ruin it." party down s02e07 libvpx
Roman sneaks a look at a whiteboard. He realizes "LibVPX" isn't new—it’s a slightly tweaked, patent-encumbered version of an open-source codec called "Aether." He tells Henry and Casey: "This is digital colonialism! They stole it. The 'lib' in LibVPX is a lie. It's not a library; it's a heist." At the Party Down office, Ron Donald (Ken