-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:49 AM, John Kintree wrote: > Will the XOs sold in the upcoming G1G1 support watching youtube > videos?
Disclaimer: I don't work for OLPC or have any official knowledge of their plans. This will be speculation. It is highly unlikely that XOs shipped in this year's G1G1 will be able to watch YouTube out-of-the-box. However, XO users can use the following instructions to install Adobe Flash on their XO, which supports YouTube: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash#Installation XOs will not be able to watch YouTube out-of-the-box because the people at YouTube have decided to use restricted formats[1] on the videos they host. This means that OLPC would have to negotiate a license with a patent-holder or a software company that provides restricted format support if they want to provide YouTube support out-of-the-box. Usually this involves paying money, which OLPC does not have the resources to do. Instead, OLPC has chosen to use and support exclusively free and open source software that is unencumbered by patents [2], which promotes the freedom and empowerment that OLPC stands for. Dailymotion, an online video site similar to YouTube, has recognized this noble goal of OLPC and made a bunch of their videos available in free formats. You can find these videos at: http://olpc.dailymotion.com/ For more information about the issues with YouTube, see the following: a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Audio_format - YouTube uses MP3 for audio b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues - MP3 is a restricted format c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Standard_and_high_quality_videos - - YouTube uses Sorenson H.263 for video d. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffmpeg#Legal_status - Sorenson is a restricted format If you have questions about any of this, I would be happy to answer them. Denver 1. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Restricted_Formats 2. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_on_free/open_source_software -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iD8DBQFI6m4fq02IUA/pi34RAphJAJ9cGiu589QfoG1rEyYUn48Pms+KQwCfWi7T 8pwWZlbwTtcKT/CIk/+DPso= =lc/a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
