[theora] Safari 4 Plays Theora/Vorbis

[Helmut Pozimski]

Am Mi, 10.06.2009, 23:51, schrieb Helmut Pozimski:
> Am Mi, 10.06.2009, 16:49, schrieb Hannes Hauswedell:
>> Am Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009 15:32:32 schrieb Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves:
>>> On 6/9/09, michel memeteau <michel.memeteau at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Would be even greater if apple preinstalled the xiph QT codec
>>>
>>> Agreed, but really it would be just much simpler for everyone if Apple
>>> prompted the user with an install option "Want to play video, click to
>>> install codec".  Their lawyers would be okay with it.  We would be
>>> okay with it.  Everyone would win.
>>>
>>> But that's currently not the case.
> Apple would loose a chance to force people to use their proprietary
> Codecs. An open, patent free standard is exactly what they don't want and
> therefore I doubt they would ever even tell people that there is the
> possibility to play theora unsing Quicktime.
>
> regards
> Helmut
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