Google| Subject | Re: It's over, Apple was right... |
| From | KDT |
| Date | 08/19/2012 23:57 (08/19/2012 14:57) |
| Message-ID | <334c116b-2dea-422b-84ac-b4d6bffd622a@googlegroups.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Laszlo Lebrun |
| Followups | Laszlo Lebrun (7h & 50m) > KDT Steve de Mena (1d, 9h & 34m) |
On Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:58:01 AM UTC-4, Laszlo Lebrun wrote:
Laszlo LebrunYou mean like *every one else in the entire video industry*? Where is the = hardware accelerated WebM?
On 19.08.2012 05:33, Alan Baker wrote: =20Actually, I think they're doing their customers a service by forcing=20sites to provide content that isn't in a proprietary format.=20 =20 =20 And you seem to be convinced by this brilliant argumentation. =20 That is the very reason, is it? =20 =20 =20 So then, why does Apple refuse to use the WebM open videos format and=20 =20 stick to H.264 which is proprietary _and_ patented _and_ requiring fees? =20 =20
=20 Flash might be propietary, it is usable free of charge by everyone. =20 =20 =20 HTML5 video is a plague, since you haven't got a single universally=20 =20 adopted video format., so what?: =20 You want to force sites to provide two video formats to be universal? =20 =20Who doesn't support H.264? Microsoft and Apple have built in support for H= .264 and every single modern smart phone has hardware decoding of H..264. = H.264 is supported natively by iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. Even Mozil= la supports H.264 on Firefox for Android,
08/15/2012-
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