Subject | Re: It's over, Apple was right... |
From | KDT |
Date | 08/20/2012 12:48 (08/20/2012 03:48) |
Message-ID | <d7b74c3a-4097-41ab-90a3-c8ed6c4f3773@googlegroups.com> |
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Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
Follows | Laszlo Lebrun |
Followups | Laszlo Lebrun (39m) > KDT |
Laszlo LebrunYou do realize that the most popular "Flash encoded video" is actually H.264 in a Flash container right?
On 19.08.2012 23:57, KDT wrote:On Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:58:01 AM UTC-4, Laszlo Lebrun wrote:On 19.08.2012 05:33, Alan Baker wrote:Actually, I think they're doing their customers a service by forcingsites to provide content that isn't in a proprietary format.And you seem to be convinced by this brilliant argumentation.That is the very reason, is it?So then, why does Apple refuse to use the WebM open videos format andstick to H.264 which is proprietary _and_ patented _and_ requiring fees?You mean like *every one else in the entire video industry*Is it proprietary and with fees or not?
That was the question.
Flash is proprietary, however do not require any fee, neither for
encoding nor for decoding.