On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto <denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2010/6/15 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: >> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 17:51 -0500, Muhammed Uluyol wrote: >>> > HTML5 only works on Chrome/IE I think. Firefox devs decided they would >>> > go with the Vorbis rather than x264 codecs, while youtube decided the >>> > other way round. >>> Youtube uses webm now, not h.264. >>> >>> Firefox should have support in their nightly builds. >> >> Oh, my information is outdated then. When did this happen? I do recall >> searching before (probably when all this html5-youtube stuff started) >> and seeing clear statements that firefox would not support h.264 due to >> HTML5 being an open standard or something along those lines. > > I think that there's a misunderstood here. Youtube is using webm in > the experimental version of the site. And Firefox nightly build has > support for webm, not h.264. let's just all chant together in hopes that flash video will endure a quick, fiery demise, and webm/VP8 will rise from the ashes to claim it's place. we just may see an HTML5 video standard. yay to google for buying a company and releasing their codec. vorbis/theora wasn't going anywhere.
