On 20/03/12 12:24, Brion Vibber wrote:
Is it time for us to think about H.264 encoding on our own videos?
I'm a pragmatist on these kinds of issues. I support transcoding from free formats to patent-encumbered formats if it means that we can more effectively meet our educational goals. That includes paying license fees, as long as they are affordable.
In theory we can produce a configuration with TimedMediaHandler to produce both H.264 and Theora/WebM transcodes, bringing Commons media to life for mobile users and Apple and Microsoft browser users.
Last time I looked at it, TimedMediaHandler had some code quality issues.
-- Tim Starling