Also sprach Ian Hickson: > ON THE CODEC ... > > Given this, I would suggest Ogg Theora be the natively supported video > > format common to all browsers. It's designed from the beginning to be > > unencumbed. And implementations for it already exist under licenses > > that should make everyone happy. > > A number of other people said similar things about Ogg Theora. > > For now, the spec says that UAs SHOULD support Theora for video and Vorbis > for audio, and SHOULD support the Ogg container format (it's not a MUST > because some vendors may have legal reasons why they can't or won't > support it, and there's no point making them non-conforming when they have > no choice in the matter).
I'd rather make <video> and <audio> optional so that those who cannot support these Ogg on these elements (for whatever reason) can still comply with the spec. They can also support proprietary codecs through <object>. -h&kon Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.opera.com/howcome