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Launching: Video on Wikipedia â Fighting back for open codecs!
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| This is a concept that I had thinking about
| and trying to nudge towards reality for a
| long time; Iâm thrilled that weâre finally
| there. Thereâs a bunch of interesting
| aspects, but perhaps the heart of it is a
| chance to bring open video to mainstream
| users and strike a blow for freedom.
|
| Wikipedia is the most popular site in the
| world that posts video exclusively in open
| formats (specifically, theora). The
| steadfast commitment that the Wikimedia
| Foundation has to open information, tools,
| and formats, is amazing. They truly put
| their values first.
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http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2010/03/launching-video-on-wikipedia-fighting-back-for-open-codecs/
With IE9, Web video issue remains deadlocked
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| The rough version of IE9 that Microsoft
| demonstrated includes HTML5 video encoded
| with a particular technology called H.264.
| Apple's Safari also supports this encoding
| and decoding technology, or codec.
|
| But Mozilla is adamantly opposed to open-
| source-unfriendly H.264, supporting the
| rival Ogg Theora codec instead, and Opera
| is in that camp with its new version 10.5.
| Google's Chrome supports both, tying the
| score at Ogg Theora 3, H.264 3.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000610-264.html
Recent:
Ogg Theora vs. H.264: head to head comparisons
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| Streaming video websites like YouTube face
| growing pressure from consumers to provide
| support for native standards-based Web video
| playback. The HTML5 video element provides the
| necessary functionality to build robust Web
| media players without having to depend on
| proprietary plugins, but the browser vendors
| have not been able to build a consensus around
| a video codec.
|
| Although the h264 codec has gained dominance
| due to its excellent compression and broad
| support in the consumer electronics ecosystem,
| it is covered by patents that preclude broad
| royalty-free usage. Several browser vendors,
| including Opera and Mozilla, favor the Ogg
| Theora media codec, which is believed to be
| unencumbered by patents. Ogg may offer
| advantages from a licensing standpoint, but
| there are still many unanswered questions
| about its quality and suitability for Internet
| video streaming services.
|
| [...]
|
| Some streaming video experts, including Ozer,
| are not convinced that royalty-free VP8 will
| solve all of the problems that the industry is
| facing with standards-based video. He contends
| that the cost of reencoding existing content
| will make it difficult for streaming content
| providers to adopt alternatives to h264 at
| this stage regardless of whether the
| alternative is royalty-free.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/02/ogg-theora-vs-h264-head-to-head-comparisons.ars
OSnews Podcast Now Available in OGG
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| The Flash audio player has been replaced by
| an HTML5 audio element. Please report any
| problems you experience.
|
| Doing the actual transcoding to OGG and
| uploading has taken over 20 hours to do,
| all I can say is that I hope it all goes to
| good use, Iâm knackered.
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http://www.osnews.com/story/22878/OSnews_Podcast_Now_Available_in_OGG
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