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I was under the impression that any codec supported by the system (Quicktime or Windows Media Player) could be embedded/played, e.g. that while Apple wouldn't s

by tvon 16y ago

I was under the impression that any codec supported by the system (Quicktime or Windows Media Player) could be embedded/played, e.g. that while Apple wouldn't support Theora by default, it would work if you had the Theora codec installed for QT. Not sure where I got that from, it could well be very wrong. But still, if the user has to download something to support it, how is that better (or different) for the user than a plugin?

andrewf 16y ago
It might be the same story as the H.264 codec. Most Windows 7 users have it in the base Windows install - no need to download a codec. But the MediaPlayer-less versions of Windows that the EU mandated MS produced don't ship with H.264. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968211 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968211