- From: Maik Merten <maikmerten@googlemail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:28:27 +0200
Hi Chris, I provide an additional comparison at http://people.xiph.org/~maikmerten/youtube/ using different content. This doesn't qualify as "more movement/action" (it's hard to get free HD samples of such content in good quality), but content like the one I used is common nonetheless on community video streaming platforms. bye, Maik Chris DiBona wrote: > Hi greg; > > I'll pass this on, it's a good post. Have you considered other kinds > of video tests as well? (something cell shaded, more movement/action, > etc...) as it stands, it's useful, with more examples, it might be > more convincing as an argument for Theora. > > Chris > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Gregory Maxwell<gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Chris DiBona<cdibona at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Comparing Daily Motion to Youtube is disingenuous. If yt were to >>> switch to theora and maintain even a semblance of the current youtube >>> quality it would take up most available bandwidth across the internet. >> [snip] >> >> I'm not sure what mixture of misinformation and hyperbole inspired >> this remark, but I believe that it is misleading and to leave it stand >> without comment would be a disservice to this working group. >> >> I have prepared a detailed response: >> http://people.xiph.org/~greg/video/ytcompare/comparison.html >> >> >> I understand that the selection and implementation of video, >> especially at the scale of YouTube, is worlds apart from such a >> simplistic comparison. But you didn't claim that Theora support would >> be inconvenient, that it would require yet-unjustified expenditure, or >> that the total cost would simply be somewhat higher than the H.264 >> solution. You basically claimed that Theora on YouTube would destroy >> the internet. I'd consider that too silly to respond to if I didn't >> know that many would take it as the literal truth. >> >> Even though I wish Google were doing more to promote open video, I >> appreciate all that it has done so far. I hope that I'll soon be able >> to add a retraction or amendment of that claim to the list. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Greg Maxwell >> > > >
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