Re: [videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-17 Thread Jay dedman
I have been using theora for a few years now but people keep asking for mp4 versions of the videos for use on their media player and business want the video in some windows-centric format or on a CD/DVD (but don't stand the file format/codec) I see no reason why you couldnt offer both

[videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-17 Thread tom_a_sparks
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: I have been using theora for a few years now but people keep asking for mp4 versions of the videos for use on their media player and business want the video in some windows-centric format or on a CD/DVD (but don't

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-17 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
This is all very, very good, but there need to be a 'marketing' strategy and tactical plan to go along with the development strategy, or else I fear for the result. Word of mouth isn't good enough. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:19 AM, tom_a_sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.auwrote: --- In

Re: [videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-17 Thread Jay dedman
This is all very, very good, but there need to be a 'marketing' strategy and tactical plan to go along with the development strategy, or else I fear for the result. Word of mouth isn't good enough. agreed. thats a big motivator behind http://openvideoconference.org/. most people wont use

[videoblogging] Re: The continuing story of Ogg/Theora, the open source codec

2009-05-16 Thread tom_a_sparks
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman jay.ded...@... wrote: The video codec geeks (yes, they exist) are deep into improving the image of the .OGV file. Chris Blizzard at Mozilla points to this update: http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 snip Jay I have been using theora for