Ecma International Approves Office Open XML as Worldwide Industry Standard

Posted Dec 29, 2006 0:15 UTC (Fri) by drag (guest, #31333)
In reply to: Ecma International Approves Office Open XML as Worldwide Industry Standard by bronson
Parent article: Ecma International Approves Office Open XML as Worldwide Industry Standard

Well I have done some more research on Theora.

The problem with theora isn't so much that it's difficult but that it's already obsolete. Stillbirth, so to say.

It's based on the VP3 codec which has acceptable quality, but it has been surpased by more modern codecs such as H.264, VP6, or VP7. The quality is comparable to Mpeg1, which is to say that it's not realy good at all.

This is very different from Ogg Vorbis, which is superior or at least comparable to other modern codecs.

The open source codecs to possibly look out for are Dirac from the BBC and Snow from the FFmpeg people.

Also as far as the 'patent-free'-ness of theora goes... It is protected by patent granted to it by the original creators of V3, but unfortunately it's still infringing on just as much stuff as any other mpeg* codec. So if they are encumbered, then so is Theora.

This is to bad and I wish I understood this earlier, then I wouldn't of looked like such a.. not-to-smart-guy.