- From: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:50:26 -0800
- To: Geoffrey Sneddon <foolistbar@googlemail.com>, Yann <yann.hamon@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Geoffrey Sneddon [mailto:foolistbar@googlemail.com] wrote: >On 12 Jan 2008, at 15:09, Yann wrote: >> Having at least one codec that MUST be supported by the browser is >> the only >> way to make it possible to publish video content available to all >> platforms. > >No, it isn't. It makes the naïve assumption that all browsers will do >what the spec says - if there is a substantial risk involved (in this >case, financial, in terms of patent law-suits) an implementer will >ignore the spec. That's my point, yes. I'd like the spec to be implementable. >There is no question that we need interoperability (for what point is >there of a spec existing if it isn't implemented?), but it is plainly >clear that Theora does not create this needed interoperability, as not >all implementers will implement it. I'm not sure I see an acceptable-to-all interests solution for video codec, unfortunately. -Chris
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