[theora] Question about movies encoded with libtheora

Benjamin M. Schwartz bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu
Wed Dec 22 08:03:13 PST 2010


On 12/22/2010 09:21 AM, Manuel Dahmen wrote:
> The video is fine with some players, but it isn't read in youtube.

Youtube's Theora support has been broken for a long time.  You have two
options.

1.  Use the "VP3-compatible" mode in libtheora.  This hurts
quality/efficiency, but Youtube can decode it properly.

2.  Use a different codec.  I have had success with VP8.

--Ben

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