<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:55, David Gerard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dgerard@gmail.com">dgerard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2010/5/20 Peter Beverloo <<a href="mailto:peter@lvp-media.com">peter@lvp-media.com</a>>:<br>
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> Microsoft has announced playback support for VP8 in Internet Explorer 9[1]<br>
> under the condition that one has to install a VP8 codec manually, albeit via<br>
> inclusion in another program: "In its HTML5 support, IE9 will support<br>
> playback of H.264 video as well as VP8 video when the user has installed a<br>
> VP8 codec on Windows."<br>
> I think that's fairly significant.<br>
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</div>I don't. They're trying to make "if you install it yourself, it'll<br>
work" look like they're actually doing anything at all. But they're<br>
not, because the same applies already to Vorbis and Theora. If<br>
anything, they're just offering not to deliberately stop it from<br>
working.<br>
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- d.<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><div>Microsoft showing interest in a codec they're not specifically participating in, different from their involvement in H264, is a good start. In their revised comments about HTML 5 video[1] they already stated that they would consider implementing other codecs if the "industry reaches a consensus and is confident that the uncertainties are resolved". Their wording in the recent blog-post refers to "an industry" announcement rather than "a Google announcement", which is why I think it's plausible to assume including the codec by default will be, partially, dependent on Apple's stance on it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As Philip already said, right now there simply are a number of uncertainties limiting the discussion to mere speculation. Let's hope more clearity will be available soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter</div>
<div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/05/03/follow-up-on-html5-video-in-ie9.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/05/03/follow-up-on-html5-video-in-ie9.aspx</a></div>