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

[Daniil Kolpakov]

В сообщении от 23 августа 2007 Tor-Einar Jarnbjo написал(a):
> 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."

"SHOULD" is still stronger/better for us than "MAY". And, this is only a 
draft, after all.

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