fsf.org — This "state of the Ogg" post from the Free Software Foundation is a great intro to the free video format that's finally ready for primetime: what's working great, what parts are still tricky (plus how to deal), and where to go from here.
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trancephreakAug 20, 2009
Sounds like the same situation Vorbis ran into.
Closed AccountAug 20, 2009
Megan Fox, Megan Fox...
holmesworcesterAug 20, 2009Submitter
I wrote the article, and I'm aware of Dirac. The article was jut focused on Theora! We made a point of mentioning Dirac in the manual project I participated in:"There are other important projects with similar goals, like Dirac, an effort spearheaded by the BBC. But the exciting thing about Theora is that it's here now, supported by popular tools, and ready for mass adoption."<a class="user" href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/TheoraCookbook/" rel="nofollow">http://en.flossmanuals.net/TheoraCookbook/</a>It doesn't have support from 24% of the browser market, and it seems that it won't be ideal for low-bitrate web video (although it *might* be better than Theora for HD-- but that could change since a lot of work is going into Theora).
daveisferaAug 20, 2009
According to these slightly more up to date stats <a class="user" href="http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-monthly-200807-200908" rel="nofollow">http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-mont ...</a> Firefox 3.5 has about 10% total market share, so that's still a big gap to fill to make it to 24%.
osamakAug 20, 2009
It's all about users' freedom. If all existing operating systems are user-subjugating, we're going to build a free one. If all popular codecs are patented, we'll design a free one.
mottersAug 20, 2009
It's about time that there was an open video standard, rather than the laundry list of proprietary codecs which have been the norm in the past. For internet use video image quality isn't my biggest consideration. I'm more concerned about speed and efficiency (i.e. not completely hogging the processor, as flash does).
popeyAug 22, 2009
Buried for being so churlish as to only mention Icecat and not Firefox on which it is based. Somewhat hypocritical of the FSF to seem to require credit for all things GNU, but when the boot is on the other foot they can not see their way to mentioning Firefox in a piece which specifically mentions Ogg penetration through browser acceptance - that would be thanks to Firefox, not Icecat.