Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5
Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5
[Development] Posted Jul 6, 2009 20:40 UTC (Mon) by corbet
In a posting to the whatwg discussion list, Ian Hickson describes the sad
situation regarding codecs for the HTML5 spec: "After an inordinate
amount of discussions, both in public and privately, on the situation
regarding codecs for <video> and <audio> in HTML5, I have
reluctantly come to the conclusion that there is no suitable codec that all
vendors are willing to implement and ship.
" As a result, no codecs
at all will be specified, ending (for now) an opportunity to push the web
toward free formats.