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Theora/.ogg/Vorbis, VP8 & now VP9/webm, H.264... Just as we were starting to finally get resolution around a "standard" Codec for web video -- namely, Firefox
by taylorbuley 13y ago
Theora/.ogg/Vorbis, VP8 & now VP9/webm, H.264...
Just as we were starting to finally get resolution around a "standard" Codec for web video -- namely, Firefox recently capitulating on H.264, paving the way for professional video on the web -- Google Chrome comes to make life difficult anew.
I understand that Google has more skin in the web video game than anyone (viz YouTube), but for the rest of the web this pushes HTML5 video even further out on product timelines.
- wmf 13y agoJust use H.264 which is still supported in Chrome.
- ernesth 13y agoSo firefox supporting a new codec is a good thing but chrome supporting a new codec is a bad thing?
- zimbatm 13y agoThe MPEG-LA is for profit and they will be asking for more licensing fees once their domination is complete. Trading freedom for convenience is probably not a good thing on the longer term.
- buster 13y agoThis. The point is that a "standard" should not be ruled by licenses and patents!
- jmillikin 13y agoThere will never be a single standard video codec until the last video codec developer has retired. As long as there is ongoing effort to write better codecs, there will be multiple codecs in use at any given time. What's important is that you can encode your video in Theora or VP8 and expect it to work in modern browsers (Firefox, Chrom{e,ium}, Opera, etc). In a year or two VP9 will be just as supported, and then you can switch to it.