From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 19:34:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AC1106564A for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73AEB8FC13 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:25 -0500 References: <87fx4b6kkh.fsf@bifteki.lan> Message-Id: From: mikel king To: ltsampros In-Reply-To: <87fx4b6kkh.fsf@bifteki.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:25 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Alexander Best , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:34:19 -0000 On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:53 AM, ltsampros wrote: > Alexander Best 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