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Elli · 07-22-2009, 10:52 PM

I stumbled across this tonight:

http://annevankesteren.nl/2009/07/web-video-codecs

Apparently a "video" tag is potentially going to be included in HTML5.

But this was quite interesting:

"I think the HTML5 specification should make the requirement for Ogg Theora and Vorbis. Everything we do has the risk of patents after all and Mozilla and Opera not being able to commit to H.264 is a red herring. H.264 is not suitable regardless as it is not a royalty free format. And once Ogg Theora and Vorbis support is in browsers and content is encoded using these formats, hardware support for it will most definitely come. "

What do you guys and gals feel about open source codecs? Waste of time? Or a huge money and time saver? Thoughts?

07-22-2009, 10:52 PM	#1
Elli Elli should edit this Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 97 xBucks: 51,396	Interesting discussion on h.264 and flash I stumbled across this tonight: http://annevankesteren.nl/2009/07/web-video-codecs Apparently a "video" tag is potentially going to be included in HTML5. But this was quite interesting: "I think the HTML5 specification should make the requirement for Ogg Theora and Vorbis. Everything we do has the risk of patents after all and Mozilla and Opera not being able to commit to H.264 is a red herring. H.264 is not suitable regardless as it is not a royalty free format. And once Ogg Theora and Vorbis support is in browsers and content is encoded using these formats, hardware support for it will most definitely come. " What do you guys and gals feel about open source codecs? Waste of time? Or a huge money and time saver? Thoughts? __________________ Make more money with webcams at CAMS.COM! Ask me for more info! email me! icq: 8526983 yahoo: streamrayelli