[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?

[Chad Horohoe]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:32 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is important to note that WMF itself is not in any way neutral on
> this issue: adding MPEG4 is explicitly listed as a 2014 goal for the
> Multimedia team.
>
> That is, it has already been determined that this is *going to happen*.
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/2013-14_Goals#Activities
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Multimedia_Quarterly_Review_12-03-2013.pdf&page=61
>
>
It says "like MPEG4"

And it also says "Support New Video and Audio formats based on results of
community RfC"

But I can see how not mentioning the RFC part helps make your point
about this being a fait accompli. Which it's not.

-Chad