H.264 is a nice codec, but the MPEG does attach significant licensing restrictions.
Theora is definitely the better codec for this purpose, particularly because of its licensing scheme. It's a shame that Apple has such a heavy hand in the future of Webkit.
This is pretty ridiculous... dare I say even ridonkulous. I love technology, and competition usually sparks innovation... but when it comes time to pick a standard like this the community needs to get it's act together, choose a format and stick to it. Preferably an open one so as to encourage adherence to the standard.
It still needs a bit of work, but FF coming out of the gate with video tag support is going to create a huge push for the eventual demise of the .flv format, which should never have been birthed to begin with, and wouldn't have, had 'everyone' started thinking about interoperability from the get go.
FF's continual gobbling up of market share will, hopefully, help further the development of the open video formats like .ogg, so they become truly viable for everyone.
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Theora is definitely the better codec for this purpose, particularly because of its licensing scheme. It's a shame that Apple has such a heavy hand in the future of Webkit.
With the amount of video content on the internet today, there is no reason companies shouldn't be pursuing a collective codec standard. It's painful.
H.264 is outstanding (with the exception of that good old black-crushing bug at compression). but it sucks that Apple is so, well, Apple with it.
Sigh indeed, so much for hopes.
My first thought.
Exactly.
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FF's continual gobbling up of market share will, hopefully, help further the development of the open video formats like .ogg, so they become truly viable for everyone.