Going back to OS-specific codecs would limit codec choice to what the OS vendor considers kosher. Not true. e.g.: http://xiph.org/dshow/ http://xiph.org/dshow/

Going back to OS-specific codecs would limit codec choice to what the OS vendor considers kosher. Not true. e.g.: http://xiph.org/dshow/ http://xiph.org/dshow/ http://xiph.org/quicktime/ http://xiph.org/quicktime/ Why am I not free to do this with h.264 in "open" browsers?