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Dirac vs. TheoraDirac vs. TheoraPosted Apr 2, 2009 6:36 UTC (Thu) by DonDiego (subscriber, #24141)In reply to: Dirac vs. Theora by gmaxwell Parent article: New Theora encoder makes its first public release
> there exists a decently performing Theora decoder in Java, which means
> that a majority of internet users can video Theora today with no software > install)
Who has Java installed in their browser these days? IME nobody, so where do you get these numbers from?
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Dirac vs. Theora Posted Apr 2, 2009 7:11 UTC (Thu) by gmaxwell (subscriber, #30048) [Link]
In this case my numbers, greatly hedged by simply claiming a majority, came from directly measuring many millions of visitors to Wikipedia.
It is true that Java penetration is in decline but it still ships as a standard pre-installed component on many systems and it is still is required for access to many business web applications. While the geekerati still hate Java, as they always have, Joe sixpack simply doesn't care. For all the same reasons that he has Flash he has Java. (and, in any case, Theora in Flash 10 VM appears completely possible if anyone cares to do it
Vorbis is already done)
Dirac vs. Theora Posted Apr 10, 2009 11:49 UTC (Fri) by robbe (subscriber, #16131) [Link]
> In this case my numbers [...] came from directly measuring many
> millions of visitors to Wikipedia.
Niiice argument. Do you have details (or a link thereto)? I confess, I'd
> While the geekerati still hate Java, [...]
I think this mainly a thing of the past. It's FOSS goodness now, and the
Still, I fear that the decline of the Java applet will only accelerate.
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