Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:25 -0500 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: ltsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr> Cc: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop Message-ID: <E1CC9F17-1073-43EB-8A57-B820628EBB8A@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <87fx4b6kkh.fsf@bifteki.lan> References: <permail-20100307153556f0889e8400001f58-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> <87fx4b6kkh.fsf@bifteki.lan>
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On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:53 AM, ltsampros wrote: > Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de> writes: > >> recent chromium builds on http://chromium.jaggeri.com/ and >> http://code.google.com/p/chromium-freebsd8/ support html5. don't >> know if the >> firefox and opera ports support html5 yet. > > If you use the latest version of firefox , check this link: > > http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/?video=personas > > It played flawless on my system and I don't remember me having > configured some option/port knob to enable the functionality. > > However, there is an ongoing battle regarding which codecs would be > supported. Google/Apple support h264 while Mozilla/Opera prefer/ > advocate > the Ogg theora one. I think this is a pretty thin picture of the > situation but I guess you can google it around. > > So, don't expect all html5/video sites to work. > >> alex The main issue is licensing fees. The company that owns h2.64 charges $5M for a license. Ogg Theora on the other hand is slightly more affordable as a semi-open codec. I certainly would not bet the farm on this fight ending nicely. Regards, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, BSD News Network Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 o: 631.627.3055 c: 631.796.1499 skype:mikel.king http://olivent.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking http://twitter.com/mikelking
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