On 2010-08-25 08:41:41 (-0400), Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:10:16AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > Just submitting some feedback on suggested video formats for final
> > distribution.
> > 
> > Like it or loathe it, something that works on apple i* devices is a good 
> > idea.
> > I that means a C,A,V triplet from {mov,mp4,avi},{mp3,aac},{h264,qt,xvid}.
> 
> Until very recently patent and associated royalty concerns had kept
> encoders for those formats out of Debian.
> 
> Are i<Foo>s really not able to play theora videos at all?
> 

Not without 'jail breaking'. Also, I'm not sure the video decoding hw in those
devices can support anything else then those codecs.

> What about WebM? Are Mr.Jobs and friends boycotting that as well?
> 

I wouldn't be surprised. 

Cheers,

Peter.
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