Subject | Re: It's over, Apple was right... |
From | KDT |
Date | 08/22/2012 12:55 (08/22/2012 03:55) |
Message-ID | <ccad9960-849e-48b9-a2d1-bff1dee84ea1@r10g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> |
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Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
Follows | Laszlo Lebrun |
Followups | Laszlo Lebrun (2h & 51m) |
Laszlo Lebrung
On 20.08.2012 12:48, KDT wrote:On Monday, August 20, 2012 1:48:16 AM UTC-4, Laszlo Lebrun wrote: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 forcin=
dsites 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 an=
ees?stick to H.264 which is proprietary _and_ patented _and_ requiring f=
H.264 in a Flash container right?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 forencoding =A0 nor for decoding.You do realize that the most popular "Flash encoded video" is actually =
What does that change? You CAN , you must not use H.264 with Flash. Your vistors, having Flash enabled, will always be able to see your content, across all platforms.You claimed that H.264 was proprietary, but some how using a Flash wrapper around H.264 video is not?