it is unclear why XIPH.ORG believes that the industry standard file format used by mpeg4 is inferior to their encapsulation scheme!?
the mpeg4 file format is based on the apple's quicktime MOV format, so it utilizes the most advance media technology available.
it seems strange that foss browsers - which will increasingly depend upon RDF-based metadata - would be interested in supporting a media format that has no serious ambitions or capabilities for (RDF) metadata -compare this to the rich plan for mpeg7.
it is also unclear what the business case is for not using the mpeg4/itu codec (h264), when there are foss (royalty-free) implementations available?!
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It is critical that metadata support be included in any intended video extension to HTML. And, included in that rich metadata solution we need geolocation data... not as an afterthought but with forethought and clear intent to create something for the future... It is important that it will not be overcome by events day after any proposed new standard is released. I agree that there is a need for an open standard. But, we need to get this one right. Perhaps Apple could be convinced to open source Quicktime. They don't seem to be developing it much anymore...
Opera/Firefox 3.1 OGG/THEORA support.
OGGTV.COM, and many other OGG/THEORA sites (comming soon), will need the Firefox 3.1 OGG plugin, to compete with the large ammount of Flash video sites.
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