Hello Steve,
Just out of curiosity... what specific applications would want to Ogg
Theora to be supported in?
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On 6/13/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
>
> > 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/
> > > >
