From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 11:33:27 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 DB7E7106566B for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6130F8FC08 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so5552339fxm.13 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:33:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=42lzwCjOJUGRXMivkmtz0GVpqXces6DZ9teDVvfAxYQ=; b=Xt/uzx/bDsroIfW4k61hVcnalLEB5YO2Z34xGcg17J+kkdt21sOD8LZlwjY+RrTF9L 44AwolskYrEE8Mkg58SEMNCrOddrr4xrZeEhaTv/YqgHNqJT3f/Ug32QX3uRt1g81FN7 vth4MSskTCdYwtoZJ+yqCa/0dUCltoCuf19ww= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TI6fDDFhtdvECP0to89vX8BvxntG7ETRla65VWV9eb4aMj0wAtxyI5HzShHJ7z/mh9 EbfaeASiVT1ylJb3ZxICMI67fAWJ4XcPp2D16GQ125iaMfjb2jhMf0dj7VdIN0qJlMoh 69T3VPUtVFxTM3uLgofa33Quab7e74FGKhqV4= Received: by 10.87.70.10 with SMTP id x10mr15365428fgk.5.1276774405902; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:33:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 12sm14578881fgg.9.2010.06.17.04.33.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:33:19 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100617123319.00d86245@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20100617035140.x8bpf02348g4o8ok@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <20100615211740.GA50967@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100615154956.cfz6ip454w8gcco4@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <20100617081156.8441dc67.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100617035140.x8bpf02348g4o8ok@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: concerning flash under freebsd 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: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:33:27 -0000 On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:51:40 -0600 Programmer in Training wrote: > Quoting Polytropon : > > > > That's all within transition. Currently, big video portals are > > moving to HTML5, often including the wish to also use free and > > open standards for their videos so they can access a bigger > > That's a no-go, I have it on good authority that h.264 was chosen > over Theora. That along with mpeg-la having put out a press release > saying it won't charge royalties for "free" uses of some of it's > patents several months ago[0], while I would love for Theora to have > won out as the standard, once again corporate interest (this time a > big push from Apple, from what I understand) has won out. As I understand it, originally Ogg Theora was going to be the standard, but it's now been left open instead due to uncertainty about Theora infringing patents. Some sites are using Theora, but most seem to be going with h.264. I presume that this is due to IE support for h.264. I believe Google are going with h.264 and a newer BSD licensed codec they are sponsoring themselves as an open-source, patent-free alternative.