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I wonder whether this means Mozilla will include a H.264 decoder for Firefox' HTML video support. Seems a little unclear to me. The patents remain and there are
by shdon 16y ago
I wonder whether this means Mozilla will include a H.264 decoder for Firefox' HTML video support. Seems a little unclear to me. The patents remain and there are still cases in which licensing fees and restrictions would apply, but is that also true for codec implementations?
It would be good if Mozilla could do this, as it would be a major boon to the standards situation on the HTML5 web, imho.
- aw3c2 16y agoThis is very unrelated to the patent issues for en-/decoders.
- tiles 16y agoA boon to the "interoperability" bit, but not the "freedom" and "open standards" bit. VP8's obviously a mixed bag, but I don't think this makes H.264 any less dangerous to hitch the HTML5 cart to.
- jws 16y agoPeople distributing decoders in volume still need to license the technology. The good news is it is cheap, something like $0.25 and most users have already paid if you use the code in OS X or Windows. I see Ubuntu has a mechanism to license it for OEM built machines, though I don't see a way for an individual to buy a license. I don't think a one time $0.25 is a significant burden to someone that paid 1000 times that for the machine and 100 times that each month for network access. The burden is the transaction cost. The client has to decide to pay and then go through the hassle of paying. Someone (with a tolerance for doing business) should set up shop selling 10 licenses to a linux H.264 decoder for $5. Use what you need, gift the rest to friends.
- wmf 16y agoUnfortunately all you have right now is the fairly expensive Fluendo codec pack: http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/complete-set-of-playback-plugins/ http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/complete-set-of-playback...