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Open video, not Flash, is coming to Wikipedia
The site calls for video submissions to Wikipedia, and points out that "Wikipedia uses a 100% free and open source video stack powered by HTML5 and Theora. The articles are free to share and reuse, there's no advertising, and the software that runs the site is free and open source." Miro has even launched a video converter for Mac and Windows, so you can easily get your videos into the open format and contribute them to Wikipedia.
The new campaign specifically rails against propriety video technologies like Flash and even H.264, which is a competitor to Theora in the HTML5 video field. No surprise that Mozilla's involved, here. A major site adopting Theora gives a big boost to Mozilla's philosophical and financial decision not to license H.264 for Firefox.
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Subscribe to commentsMeMar 19th 2010 7:23PM
Thee faillionaire thou should knowest that wikipedia hast usedst the open video for a longe time already.
Yarrrrr.
hazardMar 20th 2010 8:07AM
This is cool, however, there needs to be some serious video content providers using the codec before it will gain any real traction. On the other hand, Theora may be a whole lot more desirable by the end of this year when the second tier of H.264 licensing is due to kick in - whereby anyone who provides a H.264 stream will have to pay a "broadcasting fee".
jfjbMar 20th 2010 11:44AM
my Firefox 3.6 gets stuck with a black screen after 2 seconds of playing the Miro demo video...
I know someone's gonna tell me i have an extension conflict, trouble is I just tested it with NO extension -- save for NoScript set to accept Miro site.
Any suggestion?
jfjbMar 20th 2010 11:57AM
P.S. works in safe mode . . . .
jfjbMar 20th 2010 11:58AM
P.S. it works in safe mode . . . .
(did I push the Add Comment button twice?)