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Re: Theora Video Backend for Firefox

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____/ Dale Harris on Friday 01 August 2008 15:24 : \____

> 
> "Rick" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:evWdnZw0a6i_hA7VnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2008/07/theora-video-backend-for-firefox-
>> landed.html>
>>
>> [quote]
>> Thursday, July 31, 2008
>> Theora Video Backend for Firefox Landed
>> It was announced at the Firefix Plus summit today that Firefox will
>> include native Theora and Vorbis support for the HTML 5 media elements.
>> So <video> and <audio> will support those codecs built into Firefox
>> itself.
>> [/quote]
>>
>> Hopefully we'll start seeing more Ogg media on the Web :-)
>>
> 
> Yeah, about time someone picked up on Ogg Theora. It's a beautifull format
> and completely open and free. Nokia even campaigned against it becoming part
> of HTML 5 and I dislike them for that.

It was a former Microsoft employee (a friend of mine found his resume)and
Microsoft just loves DRM, by its own admission. He sent a whitepaper filled
with lies. You can search the Web for information about that fiasco.

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