[X3D-Public] learning from video

[Paul Aslin]

That's odd, I see this as a failure of google itself. Couldn't reach a deal with MPEG-LA group huh ?

H.264 also known as MPEG-4 Part 10
Remember how X3D is also available as a MPEG 4 format ?

WebM is a format I've never heard of, certainly don't have any video encoded in it. Do have lots of video in its predecessor (MKV) and H.264.

H.264 is a technically superior in every way, it doesn't glitch up like other codecs I've used, isn't huge on file size or bandwidth. To force to play H.264 through the bloated, slow and just annoying to use flash player plugin is just nuts.

Sorry opensource people, but this one is a failure. Dump a perfectly good international video standard that people use, just because it doesn't meet your vague goals of free beer software. GPL is a pain in the arse to the average end user, "What do you mean I have to go online and download extra stuff to play DVDs, Mp3 etc." and no they never bother to provide a simple way to do this.

ps: I don't like google anyway, too god like these days.  


--- On Mon, 17/1/11, Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [X3D-Public] learning from video
> To: x3d-public at web3d.org
> Received: Monday, 17 January, 2011, 9:47 AM
> http://blog.chromium.org/2011/01/more-about-chrome-html-video-codec.html
> 
> I'm sure we already realize this, and how to reaffirm that
> what is being worked on with X3D, like Google chrome
> developers, we also refuse "to accept the status quo of a
> fragmented platform where the pace of innovation may be
> clouded by the interests of those collecting royalties" and
> understand that as realtime interactive transportable 3D
> moves into html5 web3D.org can't drop our guard for a
> moment.
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Joe
> . 
> 
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