I would not be surprised if H.264 evolves as a *more* open codec and royalty free in 5 or 6 years when licensing terms are due to be re-evaluated again. think of the landscape in 2016. google has pushed this. its probably googles best and most admirable contribution to the open web. also, its likely that youtube.com will support VP8 and no longer other codecs. which web browser and OS/platform will choose to not support all *new* youtube uploads? apple is the only company with the audacity to exclude youtube and push their own new video service which is in the works i believe. you think apple likes this youtube support they got themselves into? nope. they are breaking away from working with adobe and google and that includes youtube.
google chrome (and chromium OS) and android are all going to support VP8 and these 3 platforms are extremely pervasive. mobile devices, netbooks and all computers run at least one of these google platforms. VP8 will be everywhere. H.264 will be Apple and Microsoft with Microsoft probably choosing to support VP8 at some point.... leaving Apple the largest supporter of H.264.... until all this levels out. Also, regarding Ogg Theora.... It is totally adequate for casual web video consumption. no doubt about it. Not sure about on mobile devices so much... some issues there. But video quality is good enough for typical usage. This is often overlooked. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM, elbowsofdeath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
