- From: David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:08:21 +0000
On 23/12/2007, Robert (Jamie) Munro <rjmunro at arjam.net> wrote: > How could we do that? The codec is usually a relatively small download > download compared to the video itself. If we could suggest a way for > codecs to be provided alongside the videos by the content providers, > this /may/ be a way forward. Hypothetically, you could do video by > adding better binary file handling to Javascript, and painting on the > canvas, but good performance is unlikely. Arbitrary executable downloads didn't work out well with ActiveX, and "Download codec to view this!" is already a vector for malware. > However, now that Java is free, Java applets could provide a solution. > There is already a free Ogg Vorbis/Theora java applet here: > http://www.flumotion.net/cortado/ > Java is available for all the major browsers and already installed on > many small devices. Wikimedia sites use this now. It's not a great solution (click, wait a minute with a hung browser application while Java loads), but it's a kludge we consider slightly better than nothing. As soon as Firefox 3 is out I strongly suspect we'll be putting Ogg Theora in a <VIDEO> element, with JavaScript trickery to allow stick-in-the-mud browsers like Safari to tell the reader how much they suck. Nokia and Apple can then decide whether they want to support the content or not. - s.
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