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How is supporting arbitrary codecs via the <video> tag any different from supporting arbitrary fonts through CSS font-family?
by podperson 16y ago
How is supporting arbitrary codecs via the <video> tag any different from supporting arbitrary fonts through CSS font-family?
- nitrogen 16y agoSupporting arbitrary codecs is more like supporting arbitrary font formats. Each separate codec uses its own (potentially vastly) different way of encoding video, and requires its own code to handle. Using the operating system facilities is too risky from a security standpoint (such as if someone finds an exploitable bug in the ancient Indeo codec).