[theora] Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Tue, 13/4/10, Basil Mohamed Gohar <abu_hurayrah at hidayahonline.org> wrote:
> On 04/12/2010 08:17 PM, xiphmont at xiph.org
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Daniel
> Hendrycks<kondo8 at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >    
> >> "http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/google-to-open-source-vp8-for-html5-video/"
> >> Does this mean an end for Theora?
> >>      
> > Maybe.  Unlikely.  We don't know yet what
> Google is actually going to
> > announce... or for sure they're actually announcing
> it.  patience :-)
> >
> > Don't lose sight of the prize: an unencumbered modern
> baseline for
> > media on the net and especially the web.  If
> true, this is fantastic
> > news, no qualifications necessary.  Besides, I
> wanna get my hands on
> > the source ;-)
> >
> > Monty
[snip]

if vp8 becomes opensource,
theora could be the base/web profile
and vp8 could be main profile

tom