Yes I think there are quite a few potential gains along the lines you indicate.
As for h.264 charging issues, I only expect them to attempt to charge people who have the ability, incentive & revenues to pay. I suppose it could happen, but its more likely that those higher up the chain, eg shows/networks with huge number of viewers, and sites that encode & host videos, tool providers etc will be the ones to lead the charge away from h264 long before the average vlogger will be in line to be charged a fee. In principal I am hugely in favour of a free and open video format for the web, I only sound against it because I am mostly talking about all the practical realities that exist at the moment, not the ideal we should be striving for. Cheers Steve Elbows > If Google's VP8 codec forces H264 to remain free...then that's a huge > win right there. The minute that H264 decides to start charging any > site that uses their codec...people could just switch over to VP8. I > think Flash is being forced to open up as well....and continue to > innovate. > > It's also important for video tools as well. Be great to build a video > editor (legally) without having to pay fees to use the core > technology. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 >
