[Bug 12563] <video> Make standard to play these codecs in <video>

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12563

--- Comment #6 from Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> 2011-06-17 07:34:31 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Let's see if I can make these straight this time:
> 
> mpeg4 (codec family) (many browsers have it, others don't and I can't see it
> specified) -> The high quality substitute for flv. Smartphones support it,
> PDA's support it, all players (from many I know) for WinNT, MAC & Linux support
> it, why wouldn't browsers support it?
> 
> H.264 -> A lot used specially with mkv and flv, these days. This would allow to
> have many different videos with different extensions play in the browser.
> 
> Xvid -> Lots of OS have native support for it (according to my research) and
> it's a fair "brother" of mpeg4. Also, those codecs are free to use (according
> to wikipedia)
> 
> For audio codecs:
> FLAC -> The standard these days to distribute in a lossless quality and a fair
> memory use (for a lossless audio).
> 
> mpeg3 (codec family) -> The standard audio these days. A good balance between
> quality and memory used.
> 
> 
> I shure hope this makes it more clear


You missed the vital bit of Hixie's reply:
I'd be happy to specify a codec if you can suggest one that all the browser
vendors are willing to implement.

Until you can get all browser vendors to support the same baseline codec, no
codec will go into the spec, no matter how many you suggest.

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Received on Friday, 17 June 2011 07:34:38 UTC