Re: Open Source Video Codec and Container (alternative to Xvid)

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Subject: Re: Open Source Video Codec and Container (alternative to Xvid)
From: "Sam Kuper" <sam.kuper@uclmail.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:40:16 +0100
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Simon,

I have several points.

* For a (very) in-depth discussion of the merits of various codecs for distributing video via the web, look for the "Theora" thread (the really long one) in the WHATWG HTML5 mailing list archive.

* Since you're "not a fanboy of Adobe's proprietary products, pricing policy, etc", I wonder why AVI is acceptable to you. It's not an Adobe standard, but Microsoft's approach to licensing and pricing is certainly closer to Adobe's than, say, Debian's.

* I was planning to say, "Your three requirements (1. distribute over www, 2. FLOSS-friendly, 3. highly cross-platform compatible) cannot be met." But then I realised that actually they can. I'd suggest doing what Wikipedia does: transcode your video to Ogg Theora, and make it playable on your forum by embedding a Java applet Theora player. This meets all three requirements.

Regards,

Sam

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- Open Source Video Codec and Container (alternative to Xvid)
  - From: Simon Jolle sjolle <urandomdev@gmail.com>
- Re: Open Source Video Codec and Container (alternative to Xvid)
  - From: Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>

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