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Mozilla Foundation donates $100,000 for open source video

article published on 28 January, 2009

In recent months the open source Theora video format has seen something of a renaissance with the long awaited transition from beta to release status. Much of the interest in Theora can be traced directly to Firefox developers. Now the organization behind Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation is making yet another contribution to Theora. This time it's monetary. They've announced a grant of ... [ read the full article ]

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tatsh

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28. January 2009 @ 12:23

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Finally. I am so tired of FLV video sites (yes this includes Youtube). Flash will never be open source based upon the attitude of Adobe. I hate having to have this 1 proprietary software package out there for a minority of sites and then now for the majority of video streaming sites.

I do not necessarily support Cortado (which is a Java applet to play sound and video), but I do support the idea, because Cortado is after all, open source.

I am glad Mozilla has chosen Theora. It is a good codec and is open source. Would not have minded XviD or x264 (maybe these can be added later). The fact of the matter is every browser should have built-in support for some kind of video format. The plug-ins idea works to an extent until DivX random version is embedded on some site, or WMV. It never works 100% which is why FLV has taken over.

I hope Mozilla's move can have Theora take over so much even Microsoft has to add support to IE.

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xugiua

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28. January 2009 @ 12:49

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That would be sweet to see this take mainstream. I would make the switch if I can see it look as good Nero MP4.

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oappi

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28. January 2009 @ 19:13

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Whats wrong with Xvid?
Well anyway i would be glad if we could get rid of flash. Just hate their attitude to not make 64bit plugins just because there isn´t that many 64bit browsers. At the same companies like opera dont want to make 64bit browser because there is no 64b plugins. Then you are at the situation that you have to use 32 bit browser in 64 bit system. In linux this is NOT something you would like to do. Guys at adobe are just bunch of a-holes. Imho most web pages that use flash would be lot better with out it.

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limelight

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28. January 2009 @ 23:52

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I really do hope this takes off and shuttles past flash.

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