Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:37:08 -0600 From: Programmer in Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Theora vs h.264 [Was Re: concerning flash under freebsd] Message-ID: <20100617073708.3qv5pckg1wgsckk8@mail.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <20100617123319.00d86245@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <AANLkTikVilkrvnNMTQ_wvB8AzX31_sUvpcykcv07E3Wf@mail.gmail.com> <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> <20100617123319.00d86245@gumby.homeunix.com>
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Quoting RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>: > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:51:40 -0600 > Programmer in Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: > >> Quoting Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>: > >> > >> > 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. It's quite possible if the h.264 patents are really as extensive and =20 broad as mpeg-la claims (also, if they are so overly broad, they need =20 to be invalidated as patents are for specific inventions). > 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. I thought Google was going with VP8 (as was mentioned earlier)? I have =20 a friend or two on the HTML5WG mailing list as the source of a good =20 deal of my info. --=20 Yours in Christ, PIT All original content (C) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Please do not CC me. If I'm posting to a list it is because I am subscribed.
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