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ShareThisThe latest Shiretoko (Firefox 3.1 development codename) nightly comes with an expected and very welcomed feature: support for the HTML5 specification <audio> and <video> tags that will allow web developers to easily (<video src=”myfile.ogg”></video>) add rich content without the need of proprietary plugins.
While the support for the <video> tag is pretty codec-neutral (you can use whatever video format you want provided you have the correct codec), Mozilla’s implementation makes it even easier by bundling Ogg Theora and Vorbis codecs ensuring developers a format to deliver.
However, there is a risk to bundling even an open source codec like Theora because of the possibility of submarine patents -patents nobody knows about until a product that unknowingly infringes it, succeeds, becoming a target for the patent owner who will seek monetary compensation and a good licensing agreement. This is why the HTML 5 spec doesn’t recommend any encoder so vendors don’t have to choose between taking this kind of risk or not complying with the standard.
During today’s announcement at the Products and Technology Roadmap Mozilla Summit session, Mitchell Baker commented that Mozilla would be a bad target as it is a project with a product a lot of people cares about.
Mike Shaver, interim Mozilla’s VP of Engineering, also commented “Somebody had to do it. It’s good it was us”.
Chris Double, the developer responsible in great part for this implementation that has taken more than a year, has set a test page with a few videos (including the insanely cool SVG+video demo), and also pointed to Wikimedia for more relevant videos. Due to Wikimedia browser capabilities detecting script, you will have to disable the QuickTime and Java plugins to actually use the <video> tags (Tools/Add-ons/Plugins).
Well, this is for sure an excellent addition. For example GUN/Linux sites like Ubuntu, Mandriva, or even sites like OpenSolaris can have videos about this OS.
[...] Deve ser observado que, apesar de serem livres, problemas legais devido a patentes podem surgir mais adiante. Aparentemente a Mozilla decidiu arriscar e se tornar um alvo. [...]
Firefox 3.1 con soporte nativo para Ogg Vorbis y Theora…
Junto a la disponibilidad de la primera versión preliminar Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1, desde Mozilla se anuncia el soporte nativo para estos códec libres que podrÃan amenazar al formato Flash como estándar de facto para la reproducción de videos en la web. T…
[...] acaba de anunciar que Firefox 3.1 soportará de forma nativa los tags y de HTML 5, que permite embeber archivos [...]
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Magnific addition. Mozilla is a good company for standars
[...] Native Ogg Vorbis and Theora support added for Firefox 3.1 [...]
[...] of Firefox 3.1, which is still buggy at this early alpha stage. Watch what they heroically said on the issue of patents. [T]here is a risk to bundling even an open source codec like Theora because of the possibility of [...]
Please don’t only concentrate on the new tags. Webdesigners will probably ignore them unless they are supported by all browsers. But ordinary links to audio-/video-files are already used. So please make sure they will work fine also.
What is this junk?
This is pretty awesome, and I will sure use it. Especially now that it supports Vorbis and Theroa out of the box. This is exactly what I was wanting many years ago from Firefox.
OGGTV.COM will be ready, for the Firefox 3.1 OGG plugin.
Nice, I’d love to have this tool. Just another reason to get rid of flash.
[...] <audio> and <video> tags with native Ogg Theora and Vorbis video and audio codecs, as announced a few weeks ago. The addition of this feature will enable web and content developers to publish their audio and [...]
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[...] versión de Firefox, la 3.0.1, la cual soporta de forma nativa los formatos OGG Vorbis y Theora (http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/07/native-ogg-vorbis-and-theora-support-added-for-firefox-31/, en Ubuntu Hardy, aprovechando todos los plugins y complementos de cualquier versión anterior [...]
[...] Más info: Mozilla Links [...]
[...] but it’ll still probably take a few episodes of building up to it. An actual shiny new <audio> tag is included for those with bleeding-edge browsers that support it (let me know if it works – [...]
[...] disso, a Mozilla também está trabalhando no suporte nativo aos codecs Theora e Vorbis na próxima versão do seu navegador. Eles suportam o [...]
[...] creates a file of half the size, and directly compatible to the new builtin video support for Firefox3.1 , [...]
I’ve been working on a web site that will use media pretty heavily. This is what I’ve always wanted.
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