In an article last month, we explored the challenges and opportunities associated with the HTML 5 video element. One of the most significant of these challenges is the lack of consensus around a standard media codec, a contentious issue that has rapidly escalated into a major controversy. The debate has now stalled without a clear resolution in sight.
The HTML 5 working group is split between supporters of Ogg Theora and H.264. Their inability to find a compromise that is acceptable to all stakeholders has compelled HTML 5 spec editor Ian Hickson to "admit defeat" and give up on the effort to define specific codecs and media formats in the standard itself. This is problematic because the lack of uniform codec availability will make it impossible for content creators to publish their videos in a single format that will be viewable through the HTML 5 video element in all browsers.
In an e-mail posted to the WHATWG mailing list, Hickson outlined the positions of each major browser vendor and explained how the present impasse will influence the HTML 5 standard. Apple and Google favor H.264 while Mozilla and Opera favor Ogg Theora. Google intends to ship its browser with support for both codecs, which means that Apple is the only vendor that will not be supporting Ogg.
"After an inordinate amount of discussions, both in public and privately, on the situation regarding codecs for < video > and < audio > in HTML5, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that there is no suitable codec that all vendors are willing to implement and ship," Hickson wrote. "I have therefore removed the two subsections in the HTML5 spec in which codecs would have been required, and have instead left the matter undefined."
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Τι να πω. Κάτι τέτοια με κάνουν και θέλω να ΞΕΣΚΙΣΩ τα ρούχα μου και τα ρούχα σας. Είναι δυνατόν; Απλά είναι τα πράγματα. Υπάρχει το H.264 και το Ogg. Βάλτε υποστήριξη και για τα δύο. Αναπτύξτε το Ogg ώστε να μην είναι απλά καλό αλλά τουλάχιστον ΙΣΑΞΙΟ με το H.264. Παρατήστε το παλιό Flash της Adobe και τις δήθεν "λύσεις" της Micro$oft.
Όπως και να χει, τα παλιομοδίτικα μοντέλα της Adobe και της Micro$oft που μας κρατάνε στον ψηφιακό μεσαίωνα πρέπει να τελειώνουν. Γρήγορα.
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