Ta for the info. Ive been reading up on this. The html 5 video thing should really make a difference at some point in the future, if it survives the draft process and is done in a flexible enough way. I note that so far it is proposed that ogg is the format that html 5 browsers should definately support, but that they are free to use other formats as well.
I need theora to be supported in more mac & windows end-user apps for me to be more positive about the format. Right now it seems relatively unknown beyond the linux community, which is a shame. Also gotta be a tiny bit worried that its not definately immune from patent/licencing claims, if it catches on then all sorts of companies will scrutinize it closely to see if it uses any methods which they have patents to cover. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Charles Iliya Krempeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Steve, > > As a side note... > > Opera has already implemented built-in Ogg Theora support a preview > version of their browser. > > So, on that preview version of Opera, the <video> element will work > with Ogg Theora video. > > > See ya > > > -- > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. <http://ChangeLog.ca/> > > > All the Vlogging News on One Page > http://vlograzor.com/ > > On 6/13/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > Cheers for the info. I would like to support Ogg Theora. Unfortunately > > , and for a variety of reasons, it just hasnt caught on enough so far > > to make me take it at all seriously at this stage. All the hardware > > that has appeared in recent years that supports mpeg4 and h264 is not > > helping. > > > > Being free from patent woes, and quite good, is tragically not enough > > to ensure adoption. Anyway I will go and study the html5 stuff in more > > detail, I hope it points to a brighter future for theora, but I remain > > highly skeptical. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > --- In [email protected], "Charles Iliya Krempeaux" > > <supercanadian@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello Steve, > > > > > > On 6/13/07, Steve Watkins <steve@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > A new <video> element has already been defined in HTML5... > > > > > > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#video > > > > > > And like it is specified that browsers support JPG's, PNG's, and GIF's > > > with the <img> element, we have Ogg Theora for the <video> element > > > (because of patent reasons). > > > > > > For a better description of why Ogg Theora (and not H.264) read this... > > > > > > http://maketelevision.com/log/why_ogg_theora_matters_for_internet_tv > > > > > > > > > See ya > > > > > > -- > > > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. <http://ChangeLog.ca/> > > > > > > > > > All the Vlogging News on One Page > > > http://vlograzor.com/ > > > >
