Gnash-dev folks : it would be great to have a solid paragraph in our release notes describing what functionality we're shipping, and how to upgrade to better playback of specific sites with a gnash update (where possible).
SJ On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Denver Gingerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----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 > _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
