On Tuesday 30 January 2007 02:30, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> No, cameras use jpg because it compress much more - at a cost, it is a
> lossy format. The comparable alternative to gif is png, not jpg.
Yeah, I know.
But there was a time when GIF was considered as an option for first
quality
photo image data (on camera) .... but alas, its not there... not on any of
my digitals... and it would have been... if it were not for the licensing
issues with GIF... that was the point.
Well, anyway, the point was not to argue at all about video formats...
the
idea here is to think clearly about whether the community is going to be arm
wrestled or boxed into using a lossy codec when other options are available.
The community should drive this not the vendors. Let 'em keep the mp3
patent... who cares... I don't use it.
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