Here's a Java player that plays Theora+Vorbis and can be embedded in an applet: http://www.flumotion.net/cortado/ http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/blog/20071230_Ogg_Theora_Applet_instead_of_Flash/
Hopefully, later this year we'll see a completely open Java, and then see Java on the XO. Flash is terrible. If it were possible, I'd prefer to see an all-Java solution. Just my .02 Jake On Jan 9, 2008 10:16 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The other option is to write implementations of the codecs that avoid > > the patents. Whether that is possible depends on the exact wording of > > the patent, and sometimes it takes a few weeks working with a good > > patent attorney to work out exactly what the patent really > > says. Sometimes it just isn't possible. > > > > We really need a open project to do patent analysis of this kind and > > determine which of these key patents (not just codecs, but also other > > important blocking patents) can be avoided, and which ones are too > > tied to the format to avoid. Perhaps the OLPC project would provide a > > good bit of motivation for people to do this type of work? > > 1. There are two kinds of "good patent attorneys". One kind works "pro > bono" for free software and the other gets paid big bucks by patent > holders. It's not just a question of quality or attorney or length of > time spent. It's a question of two competing sides of a specific and > very detailed technical and legal argument being thrashed out in the > press and in the courts. If you head to the Groklaw web site, you can > see this sort of thing (from the free software side). This process does > not take a few weeks but *decades*. > > 2. I personally don't think the OLPC project has the bandwidth or the > energy to get involved in such a struggle. As the recent events between > OLPC and Intel have showed, when you wrestle with a pig, both of you get > mud all over but only the pig enjoys it. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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