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On the plus side, the situation is much less dire than it was back when Mozilla first made the argument against H.264. WebM is a serious alternative, and if MPE
by streptomycin 14y ago
On the plus side, the situation is much less dire than it was back when Mozilla first made the argument against H.264. WebM is a serious alternative, and if MPEG LA tries anything funny, people will be able to switch.
- meatmanek 14y agoUnfortunately, WebM isn't _really_ a serious alternative. It's a fine codec and produces great quality video in a similar filesize to H.264, but it's not supported on the majority of mobile devices. H.264 is also what many consumer video cameras produce, like iPhones and most DSLRs. Pragmatically, I'm happy that all the major browsers (with the exception of Opera) will now support one common codec, even if it's patent-encumbered.
- streptomycin 14y agoDepends on the threshold for calling something "serious". It's far more serious than any alternative before WebM, that's for sure. No competing format will ever be an instant drop in replacement for an entrenched format, but there is a continuum of scenarios below that.