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I'm surprised Dirac hasn't come up more in this discussion. It's as free as Theora - perhaps freer, since the BBC can guarantee there are no submarine patents
by scythe 17y ago
I'm surprised Dirac hasn't come up more in this discussion. It's as free as Theora - perhaps freer, since the BBC can guarantee there are no submarine patents - and it's miles ahead of Theora, comparable to h.264.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoDirac does come up, and it's interesting technology but not suitable for web video, being considerably worse at this task than both Theora and H.264. And no-one, not even the BBC, can guarantee they won't get patent trolled. That's part of the delicious brokenness of patents, you have prove a negative, prove that there are no black swans and while reasonable people will go forward based on probabilities and heuristics, the wider discussion about Theora moved onto politics and business a long time ago, where demanding people prove a negative is a good rhetorical trick even when it applies just as much, if not more, to your own side.