Comments on: HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web

By: Ruben

Ruben — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:00:05 +0000

Very nice article! You’re statement is very clear. I was always wondering where all the fuzz about H.264 as a HTML5 video standard came from, but now I understand.

By: HTML5 video playback: Ogg/Theora or MPEG4/H264 (and a GIF story) | Fly on the Windscreen

Thu, 05 May 2011 14:51:25 +0000

[...] clearer article about this issue you can read from here; please also sign the petition addressed to Google to support in Ogg/Theora in youtube. This [...]

By: Fencing and Tollgating the Internet « Raiden's Realm

Fencing and Tollgating the Internet « Raiden's Realm — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:23:27 +0000

[...] / Writers« Confessions of a Linux userFencing and Tollgating the Internet This story about yet another attempt to raise a tollgate on the Internet deserves having some extra attention called to it. “The players from Google [...]

By: Joshua Cogliati

Joshua Cogliati — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:54:13 +0000

mxz, realistically, eliminating flash is one of key points of HTML5. As well, H.264 dominating would help Apple, since it gives them a key advantage over Linux, so a royalty free VP8 codec dominating the web would probably sorta hurt Apple, at least in the short term.

By: mxz

mxz — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:15:12 +0000

Let us just hope that Google won’t simply use their newly acquired VP8 codec and YouTube as the ultimate bargaining chip in the battle against Adobe and Apple. It could completely screw Flash and possibly hurt Apple.

By: HTML5 érkezik a jobb vágányra – Respect the paw!

HTML5 érkezik a jobb vágányra – Respect the paw! — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:26:24 +0000

[...] nincs véglegesítve a codec probléma, addig célszerű mellőzni az audio és video tageket, vagy egy JS+Flash kombóval menet közben [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:50:30 +0000

but are the big guns really that worried about open-source?

By: meat grinder

meat grinder — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:55:11 +0000

You make some great points here. I am sure that better codecs will come down the pipe and if royalty becomes a problem we will jump to a new codec. My vote is for an On2 codec. cheers. Good reading.

By: Ditch Flash, go open, have no regret | Everything is Everything

Ditch Flash, go open, have no regret | Everything is Everything — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:17:56 +0000

[...] that must be done and we are lucky to have companies like Mozilla and Google standing up for it, you must read this essay. Written a while ago, the essay explains why h.264 is dangerous – like GIF and MP3 before it, [...]

By: H.264, Theora, and VP8 « TRiG's links

H.264, Theora, and VP8 « TRiG's links — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:12:57 +0000

[...] standards matter: an essay on HTML5 video codecs. (Since this article was published, Google has release the VP8 video codec which is combined with [...]