<videovortex> Codecs for <audio> and <video>

[Jay dedman]

A very relevant topic when it comes to browsers refusing to agree upon a
video codec they will all support. It's really a sad state of affairs.

The current situation is as follows:
>
>   Apple refuses to implement Ogg Theora in Quicktime by default (as used
>   by Safari), citing lack of hardware support and an uncertain patent
>   landscape.
>
>   Google has implemented H.264 and Ogg Theora in Chrome, but cannot
>   provide the H.264 codec license to third-party distributors of
>   Chromium, and have indicated a belief that Ogg Theora's quality-per-bit
>   is not yet suitable for the volume handled by YouTube.
>
>   Opera refuses to implement H.264, citing the obscene cost of the
>   relevant patent licenses.
>
>   Mozilla refuses to implement H.264, as they would not be able to obtain
>   a license that covers their downstream distributors.
>
>   Microsoft has not commented on their intent to support <video> at all.
>

Jay

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