- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:09:15 +0100
* Stuart Langridge wrote: >Of course, this only works with stuff that WMP can already play, which >will make backending a proposed <video> tag to this impractical (since >you can't mandate a format that Windows doesn't have, in particular >Ogg *, and there are doubtless issues with mandating formats that >Windows *does* have). But it's interesting, nonetheless. It is my understanding that third party applications like for example the illiminable Ogg Directshow Filter can be used to enable playback of additional formats not natively supported by Windows Media Player. Internet Explorer does not include any kind of artificial restrictions in this area, if you have a Xvid codec installed, you can use it to playback Xvid. Similarily, Microsoft could support any mandated format in future ver- sions. Of course, expecting Microsoft to adopt formats in direct com- petition with its own technologies and that of its partners, that are not compatible with a wide range of existing devices and not widely used at all, is not particularily reasonable. But yes, IE compatibility and mandatory video formats not supported by IE are mutually exclusive. -- Bj?rn H?hrmann ? mailto:bjoern at hoehrmann.de ? http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Weinh. Str. 22 ? Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 ? http://www.bjoernsworld.de 68309 Mannheim ? PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 ? http://www.websitedev.de/
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