Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Good post describing the mess that is web video. "Although HTML5 defines a standard way to embed video in a Web page, using the element. FireFox currently supports the Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis and WAV formats – but not the widely used H.264 format (codex)." The problem is that while H.264 is usable, its license terms could change at any time, and indications are that with use it will get very expensive, something Firefox simply can't support. Companies like Spple, though, like it because ti can be easily decoded, making video faster and lighter.

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