Linux Lingam wrote: > dear all, > > am researching into immediate alternatives for flash, especially for > authoring 100% muft and mukt education content. this part of the new , > expanded approach we're taking for freed.in 2008. am trying to shortlist > fileformats and standards that are 100% open standards. > let's keep authoring out of the discussion for the moment. > > for audio ogg wins hands down as an open standard over mp3. > > for 'passive' animations, i am all for divx, though i may reluctantly look > at mpeg4 and even mpeg2. the good thing about divx is that it can deploy > anywhere, and the new format of divx exceeds HD, which is a very big deal.
I thought divx was the closed format, and xvid was the open one? I am a bit under-informed on this subject, so do enlighten me. :) - Sandip _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
