[whatwg] Make Vorbis a baseline codec for <audio>

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Jonas Sicking <jonas at sicking.cc> wrote:

> Note that "hardware limitations" isn't as simple as "can play". For
> example a portable player device uses 90% CPU to play things certainly
> work, but possibly for an unacceptable short time before battery runs
> out.
>

We're talking about a baseline audio codec for Web browsers here. A device
that can run Web apps for any significant length of time should be able to
decode Vorbis for a similar length of time.

Rob
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