When did Apple say they'll support it? I don't think they will, not for a
long time anyway. They've invested too much in h264, hardware-wise, to drop
it now.
When dedicated decoder chips support h264 & vp8 efficiently, when the patent
dispute clears up, and when the huge majority of online video is encoded in
vp8, then maybe, just maybe.
-G
On 20 May 2010 23:00, John P. Looney <valen at tuatha.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is this a nail for flash (hopefully)?
>>> I think it's just a good, free, video codec. Microsoft, Flash, Apple etc.
> have all said they'll support it.
>> H264 is a timebomb .. you can use it patent-licence free, until 2012. Then
> they'll see..or do a Fraunhofer on you. That said, I'm sure now that it's
> open sourced (with a half-assed spec, that really needs work), all the
> patent lawyers will start to compare it to their portfolios....
>> John
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