No one app in particular, was mostl thinking of the encoding side of things at the moment. eg if a windows or mac user asks 'how can i encode into this format' there needs to be a nice easy one sentence answer, nice straightforward encoders that have a simple GUI, command-line stuff forever condemns formats to obscurity. If there are such apps alredy please point me in the right direction, last time I tried I gave up, so Ive still never actually seen or made an ogg file in my life.
Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Charles Iliya Krempeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Steve, > > Just out of curiosity... what specific applications would want to Ogg > Theora to be supported in? > > -- > 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: > > > > 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" > > <supercanadian@> 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 <steve@> 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/ > > > > > >
