[Advocacy] Re: [Vorbis] Re: [theora] This is a sad day for interoperability in the Web

Tor-Einar Jarnbjo tor-einar at jarnbjo.name
Thu Aug 23 11:55:17 PDT 2007


Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves schrieb:
> That is why the <video> and <audio> elements of HTML 5 are so
> important.  They provide an uniform API, as well stating the default
> codecs (i.e. Theora and Vorbis).
That is incorrect. The user agent MUST support PCM-encoded WAV files and 
SHOULD support Theora and Vorbis. Except for the WAV requirement and the 
Theora and Vorbis recommendations, the HTML 5 draft is not defining 
anything like a "default codec" but clearly states: "user agents may 
support any video and audio codecs and container formats."

Regards,
Tor




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