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Windows 7 does ship with one, and it'll be a looooong time before <video> goes mainstream and gets supported in IE. Now that MS is dipping their toe into the h2
by blasdel 18y ago
Windows 7 does ship with one, and it'll be a looooong time before <video> goes mainstream and gets supported in IE. Now that MS is dipping their toe into the h264 waters, it's plausible that they'd bundle h264+VC-1 support with the IE$X upgrade for older Windows.
The licensing regime is bound very tightly to the enforceability of software patents. It turns out that distributing source code doesn't constitute patent infringement -- it's a description of the invention, something that should be contained in the freely-distributable patent filing. Even then, you can always distribute binaries from countries where such patents are invalid.
- doublec 18y agoWhether or not its a long time before (if ever) <video> goes mainstream doesn't matter. What matters is that an alternative to formats that require a payment is needed. For people who want to use non-proprietary formats, or don't want to pay licensing fees for videos they provide. There should be a way for these people to use video on the web. Even if it remains only a niche usage, and at least provides some leverage to reduce the licensing costs of other formats.