Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't MPEG4 an open source format? Or is that open standard? (Or both?)
Harold On 4/4/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Currently, I don't think there is one defacto standard video format. > There's a whole set of formats that are currently being used: > > MPEG > WMV > QuickTime (.mov) > M4V (iPod) > MP4 (MPEG4) > FLV (Flash Video) > RM (Real Media) > Xivd > Ogg Theora > Most vlogs I go to regularly support around 4 of these formats. > > Everyone seems to be trying to support as much as possible to get the widest > possible audience. > > Honestly, I think it's early enough in the game where we can influence and > perhaps even determine which format will become the defacto standard. > > As soon as you get enough browsers/players reading it, and get enough free > (and maybe non-free) vlog hosting providers producing it, it will become the > defacto standard. > > > > See ya > > On 4/4/06, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles, > > > > This is the first I've heard of Ogg Theora, and I am *into* open > > source; that is, I run Linux on a PC and on an old Powerbook at home, > > though I can't say I use it every day (or even every week or month, > > for that matter). I have my doubts that Ogg Theora will become the de > > facto standard; I mean, look at Ogg Vorbis. How many of you (reading > > this) even know what Ogg Vorbis is? > > > > You're perhaps right, however, about one format or another becoming > > the de facto standard in the future. Look at what happened with > > Flash; now you'll find it installed in nearly every browser out there. > > And though I admire your idealism about Ogg and its future, which > > format do you think is the *current* de facto standard? > > > > Thanks for your feedback, > > Harold > > > > On 4/4/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I think the only way to really make all (or most) browsers support one > > > standard video format is to force them. > > > > > > Basically, we do this by making a single video format the defacto > standard. > > > In other words, all of us vloggers just start using one video format, > and > > > eventually, the browser makers will feel compelled to support that > format. > > > > > > Now, this doesn't mean that we don't support other formats. It just > means > > > that as a baseline we always support that one video format. > > > > > > (My vote is for Ogg Theora to be the defacto standard for the reasons I > > > previously mentioned.) > > > > > > > > > If you want an example of this working.... Just look at RSS. It's now > being > > > supported by all the browsers because it was a defacto standard. I.e., > the > > > browsers added support for RSS because everyone was using it. > > > > > > > > > See ya > > > > > > > > > On 4/4/06, Harold Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I wish there was a format that played great online on most browsers > (which > > > would still be IE, unfortunately) and played just as well on the video > iPod > > > and the Creative Zen Vision:M device... > > > > > > > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/4/06, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 3ivx creates mp4 with AAC that's compatible with quicktime 6 & 7, > iPod > > > > > and I suspect also the PSP player. It also looks quite good with > dual > > > > > pass encoding. > > > > > > > > > > -- Enric > > > > > -======- > > > > > http://www.cirne.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Harold Johnson" > > > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your response, Enric. How in particular do you fing > 3ivx > > > > > > fits the criteria? > > > > > > > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/4/06, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 3ivx...though I haven't tried iton PSP, it fits the other > criteria. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Enric > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Van Dijck" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <petervandijck@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want an answer too. I suspect it's a certain encoding for > mp4. > > > > > > > Something > > > > > > > > that plays on older quicktime installs. And on the video iPod > > > (and > > > > > > > the PSP > > > > > > > > if possible). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/4/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IMO, it's Ogg Theora. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can see why here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://maketelevision.com/log/why_ogg_theora_matters_for_internet_tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See ya > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/3/06, Harold Johnson < harold.johnson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, I suspect this one has probably been debated a > > > gazillion > > > > > > > > > > mazillion times, but I'm going to introduce the topic > > > > > anyway: At > > > > > > > this point > > > > > > > > > > in time, what do you think is the best overall digital > video > > > > > > > format for > > > > > > > > > > videoblogging? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Harold > > > > [...] > > > -- > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > charles @ reptile.ca > supercanadian @ gmail.com > > developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Make Television > http://maketelevision.com/ > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Individual Fireant Use > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! 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