Re: Codecs for <video> and <audio>

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On 7/6/09 6:11 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Håkon Wium Lie wrote:
>    
>> Jonas Sicking wrote:
>>      
>>> I'm suggesting we make Theora the base codec endorsed by W3C and HTML.
>>> But leave Apple, and anyone else, free to implement additional codecs
>>> such as H.264.
>>>        
>> I support this position. This is what the HTML5 draft stated when the
>> <video>  element was introduced. Bringing it back would heal the
>> community and improve interoperability.
>>      
>
> It would do nothing to the level of interoperability we have, and it would
> only heal the community in the sense that giving presents to a child when
> he's upset helps "heal" the child. IMHO.
>    

Hi Ian,

I think you are repeating yourself at this point.

- Rob