On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 11:22:45PM -0700, Russell Senior wrote:
> In browser, I think you want HTML5.  There may well be tools to do the
> conversion.

>From what I've read, "HTML5" is a container specification
for a bunch of different, incompatible, and proprietary
video codecs.  I may be misinformed.  The web does that.

Is there a specific codec that is open source and
compatible with all modern browsers?  Are there open
source tools that can convert image folders or old
flash animations into the new codec format?  I would
LOVE to learn about them, and teach them to others.

The last time I looked, the conversion process looked
like a perpetual employment machine for code morlocks
and a royalty stream for the patent trolls.  I'm sure
I don't know for sure. 

WHICH *SPECIFIC* CODEC?  WHAT *SPECIFIC* LINUX TOOLS?
WHAT AM I MISSING?

I ask because I /know/ I am ignorant, and frightened of
a paywalled Orwellian memory-hole future.  Specific
tools and examples and guidance will change me from
a worrywart to an advocate.  Does anyone have actual
experience with this?  

This may be my hallway-track mission at OSCON.

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          [email protected]
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