- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:40:08 -0700
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, Joe D Williams <joedwil@earthlink.net>, robert@ocallahan.org, public-html@w3.org
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Ian Hickson<ian@hixie.ch> 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. > > Ignoring the fact that one of the major browser vendors has point-blank > refused to implement this part of the spec is not how we make progress. But if I understand correctly (and please correct me if I'm wrong), the reason they have refused is that Theora: 1) Doesn't have hardware implementations. 2) Doesn't have enough other vendors implementing it. The only solution to both of these problems is to ensure that the codec of choice is popular. I haven't heard any strong enough argument from Apple against Theora that wouldn't be changed once Theora becomes popular. So the only way to move forward that I can see is to ensure Theoras popularity. Having HTML 5 endorse theora would be a big step in that direction (the last point is as I understand it the one you don't agree with?). / Jonas
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