Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-25 Thread Dale Curtis
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 2:32 AM Philip Jägenstedt wrote: > LGTM3 with sentimental feelings. > > Back in 2010 (https://dev.opera.com/blog/re-introducing-video/) I was > cheering for Theora and shipped support in Presto. We now have other open > and RF video codecs which have been deployed on a

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-25 Thread Philip Jägenstedt
LGTM3 with sentimental feelings. Back in 2010 (https://dev.opera.com/blog/re-introducing-video/) I was cheering for Theora and shipped support in Presto. We now have other open and RF video codecs which have been deployed on a much larger scale, and I'd like to think that Theora and the Xiph

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-25 Thread Yoav Weiss
LGTM2 On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 7:05 PM Dale Curtis wrote: > WMF has long switched away from Theora (to VP9) per prior discussions with > them and seconded by this comment: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329258#9275042 > > Switching to H264+MP4 is not necessary to avoid this deprecation.

[blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-24 Thread Dale Curtis
WMF has long switched away from Theora (to VP9) per prior discussions with them and seconded by this comment: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329258#9275042 Switching to H264+MP4 is not necessary to avoid this deprecation. VP9+MP4, VP9/VP8+WEBM, or even VP8+OGG are all more viable open codec

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-24 Thread Mike Taylor
LGTM1 to deprecate and remove. RIP Theora, we hardly knew ye. On 10/24/23 1:01 PM, Dale Curtis wrote: On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:49 AM Mike Taylor wrote: On 10/23/23 1:13 PM, Dale Curtis wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM Mike Taylor wrote: On 10/23/23 11:54 AM,

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-24 Thread Dale Curtis
On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 4:49 AM Mike Taylor wrote: > On 10/23/23 1:13 PM, Dale Curtis wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM Mike Taylor > wrote: > >> On 10/23/23 11:54 AM, Dale Curtis wrote: >> >> Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted >> version: >> >>

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-24 Thread Mike Taylor
On 10/23/23 1:13 PM, Dale Curtis wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM Mike Taylor wrote: On 10/23/23 11:54 AM, Dale Curtis wrote: Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted version: Chrome will deprecate and remove support for the Theora video

[blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-23 Thread Yuhong Bao
I am asking the WMF to add MP4: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329258 On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:53:14 AM UTC-7 Dale Curtis wrote: > Contact emailsdalec...@chromium.org > > ExplainerNone > > Specificationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora > > Summary > > Chrome will deprecate and

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-23 Thread Dale Curtis
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM Mike Taylor wrote: > On 10/23/23 11:54 AM, Dale Curtis wrote: > > Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted > version: > > Chrome will deprecate and remove support for the Theora video codec in > desktop Chrome due to emerging security

Re: [blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-23 Thread Mike Taylor
On 10/23/23 11:54 AM, Dale Curtis wrote: Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted version: Chrome will deprecate and remove support for the Theora video codec in desktop Chrome due to emerging security risks. Theora's low (and now often incorrect) usage no longer

[blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-23 Thread Dale Curtis
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 8:54 AM Dale Curtis wrote: > Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted > version: > > Chrome will deprecate and remove support for the Theora video codec in > desktop Chrome due to emerging security risks. Theora's low (and now often >

[blink-dev] Re: Intent to Ship: Deprecate and remove Theora support.

2023-10-23 Thread Dale Curtis
Hmm, not sure why the description got reflowed, here's the formatted version: Chrome will deprecate and remove support for the Theora video codec in desktop Chrome due to emerging security risks. Theora's low (and now often incorrect) usage no longer justifies support for most users. Notes: -