[whatwg] Some <video> questions

[Andrew Sidwell]

Charles wrote:
> Unfortunately, content providers usually can't provide the same content in
> different formats -- either it's too expensive to re-author a similar
> experience for multiple formats, or functionality they need isn't available
> in multiple formats,

Transcoding video really isn't hard thesedays -- e.g. you can download 
VLC and set a job going within minutes.

> or it's too costly to create server farms for multiple
> formats, etc.
> 
> History shows us that even when they can, they don't.

This, however, is a fair point.

Andrew Sidwell