- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:00:14 -0700
On Jul 11, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > > Not really, at some point well before then the argument will shift to > a newer clearly superior to H.264 encumbered format. I would expect > that H.264 would spend a period of time as a non-consideration by > almost everyone since it would be inferior to something newer and yet > would still require fees. You may be right. On the other hand, Theora and it's immediate precursor have been around for about a decade, and Theora is still considered to be contender quality-wise. This was a minor side point to what I think is the main point: <video> should use the fallback content as a last resort if none of the provided sources are suitable. If you are right that in a decade current codecs may all be obsolete, that is supporting evidence for this position. A final <source> fallback to a baseline codec may someday not be a suitable solution, if the baseline is considered obsolete by then and no one wants to use it. Regards, Maciej
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